This oil painting
started its life looking very different.
This was a life
painting I did when I was at art school. The subject was only wearing red
briefs and the background was a part-painted theatre set consisting of faux-
wallpaper in a rather bright magenta.
When I looked at the painting again, many years later, I was
struck by the nobility of the model and, initially, thought of redressing him
as some sort of tribal chief.
Then, as I was going through my postcard collection, I came
across the Ramsay portrait of George III...
Until next time
Adieu
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