Ifyouthinkaboutthebutterflyfromcocoontobutterflysoit's referencing a monarchwho's onlyjustrecentlybecomekingandgrownandit's alsotheretosymbolisetheking's interestintheenvironmentandnature.
Sohe's telling a story.
It's a muchmoremodernportraitthanwe'reusedtoalthoughsomeofthelateQueenElizabeth's portraits, I don't knowifyouremember, welllet's nottalkabouttheRolfHarrisone.
Soyouknowwe'regettingusedtocontemporaryartistshaving a goatthemonarchyandJonathanyouknowhe's inhis 50s andhe's oneofthemostin-demandportraitistssowhetheryouparticularlylikeitornotsometimesjustbuying a nameandhe's knownforhismixofthetraditionalandexperimental.
Personally I thinkthereisrather a lotofredinit.
Even I noticedthat.
I'lltellthephoto.
Wehaven't gotsoundonthisbut I thinkheyouknow I'm kindofimagininghewentChrist.
ItwasJo's paintedQueenCamillawhenshewastheDuchessofCornwall, thelatePrincePhilip, DavidAttenborough, SirDavidAttenborough, NicoleKidman, TonyBlairandalso I don't knowifyouknowbuthedid a reallycontroversialportraitofGeorge W Bush.
ThankGodhedidn't dothisthistimewithKingCharlesbutheentitleditBushwhichmaygiveyou a cluebecauseJowasawardedpermissiontopaint a commissiontopainttheUSPresidentBushandthenitwaswithdrawn.
I meanyouknowitis a veryunusualkindofroyalportrait.
I meanapartfromhisbigfaceyouknowprotrudingfromthisseaofredness.
Yeahthere's notmuchkindofdefinitionthereisthere?
Nosoit's veryredbecausethemilitaryoutfitisred.
SoJowantedtosortofshowKingCharleswaspartofhisuniformandstandingtherewithprideandalsoyouknowattimesCharleswantstodisappearintothebackgroundandjustbealonewithhisbelovedCamilla, darlingCamillaashereferstoherbutalsoyouknowhedoeshavetohave a publicfaceandthepublicfacedoeslook a littlebitgreyand a littlebitstatuesqueandthatmaybebecausethat's partofthemaskthathehastowearforhisdayjob.
Andintermsofthehistoryofroyalportraits, doartists, I mean I don't knowwhetheryouwoulddescribethisportraitasflattering.
As I sayhe's a bitflatteringonthefingerfrontbecausethefingersaremuchslimmerthantheyareinreallife.
I meanhisso I don't knowifthisportraitisparticularlyflatteringbutartiststhroughhistoryhavetendedtosortofberathernicetotheirsubjectsintermsoftheportraitstheyproducebecauseweareafteralltalkingaboutroyalty.
Nobodysortofwants a wartsandallanddon't forgetaswellpeopleatthebeginningtheywouldn't havehadtheabilitytoseethepeopleinpersonoronTV.
Itwouldbeseenin a paintingortheywouldbeseenin a publicsculptureormaybethecoinintheirpurseyouknowwiththeirprofileandthatwouldbeitsothey'd havetosortofget a genericlikenessthatthey'd recognisesomebodysoitmayevengo a littlebittowards a caricature.
Yeahabsolutelyso I'm justwonderingyousaidthatthekingsatfourtimesforJonathanYeosoperhapshesatsortofin a vatfulloftomatosaucehencethispictureseemstobetheonlyexplanationforitbut I'm sure a worthyadditiontothegalleryofartthattheroyalfamilypossess.