, telling the small crowd that the only guidance he received from the company who commissioned the portrait was the size and to portray the monarch in uniform.
"The red was inspired by the Welsh Guards, but I wanted the painting to be a little more contemporary and not get in the way of seeing the face and the personality," he explained. The artist went on to add that he made a concerted effort to ensure that “nothing else interfered with the balance” of the piece, adding that"it was a nice mix of the traditional and the contemporary.”Marie Claire email subscribers get intel on fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more. Sign up here.monarch's first official portrait post-coronation"I would be very upset and offended if this was my royal portrait," another wrote.