Kings Portrait

[Thisoldbird]

I can't do links on my phone but what do we think of the new portrait of the King. 

Looks like a sea of blood to me..dreadful piece of art. 

[naomi24]

It's good - but I can't get Thisoldbird's 'sea of blood' out of my mind.  That put me off a bit.

[douglas9401]

I'd guess at a van rather than Eddie Stobart but it's all food fun. 😄

[douglas9401]

Good fun too. 🙄

[Khandro]

pata ~Khandro, did you actually read the article?  4 sittings by the King, and much work in between. Its a rather large canvas.~

It's a 'rather large canvas' but a small portrait: really just a head and pair of hands.

There's many hours work gone into that face and Charles could not sit for long with that slight smile. It's done in a studio from a photograph and as I say above: nothing wrong with that.

 

[Khandro]

pasta, better still pastafreak. aplgs

[Maydup]

It's growing on me, although the symbolism implied by the red is still disturbing. The actual portrait is great; would be better without the butterfly which is too cliche.

[Vagus]

I love it and agree with jackthehats sentiments.

[Vagus]

And also maydups, about the butterfly, better off without it.

[Togo]

I think it is superb and that it is probably the canvas that establishes Yeo as one of the best contemporary artist of recent times. I did however laugh at The Times cartoon skit. 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F643f7f53-5d30-4bdc-8268-697b70ea368f.jpg?crop=2723%2C1816%2C591%2C196&;resize=1137