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canetoad

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47. I like it

Tue May 14, 2024, 05:57 PM

May 2024

Evocative of the time spent as Prince of Wales before emerging as monarch. Fully grown butterfly over right shoulder. Face and hands in focus, the rest indistinct but discernable. Good portrait.

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What do you think about this new official portrait of King Charles? [View all] Nevilledog May 2024 OP

There is no such thing as MOMFUDSKI May 2024 #1

2 thumbs down. n/t North Shore Chicago May 2024 #2

Very hideous. Not sure what the idea of hiding leaders in painting is about lately. jimfields33 May 2024 #20

Not a fan..... Happy Hoosier May 2024 #3

His body totally blends into the background bif May 2024 #4

Is he burning in Hell? OAITW r.2.0 May 2024 #5

That's what I thought! It looks like the artist is portraying him as the devil himself. BComplex May 2024 #38

I thought he was Bettie May 2024 #41

or bathed in the blood of colonialism? Orangepeel May 2024 #46

Or maybe?? Mosby May 2024 #67

Looks more like he's drowning in a pool of watered down blood.... DemocraticPatriot May 2024 #75

Just a touch too much red for me... MiHale May 2024 #6

Is he a king or a cardinal? EYESORE 9001 May 2024 #7

Tampax- it was his dream when he was still married to Diana RainCaster May 2024 #34

Somebody must have said, "Burn in Hell!" and Croney May 2024 #8

I would like to see some stronger contrast and a few dark lines. pandr32 May 2024 #9

Maybe more fitting for Putin--given the blood-lust he has shown throughout... hlthe2b May 2024 #10

Can't say I care for it. Ocelot II May 2024 #11

Bloody Hell !?! dweller May 2024 #12

What was Han Solo frozen in? mahina May 2024 #13

I think his Camilla is better: tblue37 May 2024 #62

It was carbonite. /nt sdfernando May 2024 #86

Right! Thanks. mahina May 2024 #91

Monarch? Freethinker65 May 2024 #14

I literally recoiled when I saw it! IMO it's nightmarish. 50 Shades Of Blue May 2024 #15

Too much red & the monarch butterfly is Quakerfriend May 2024 #16

Meh. I like the ones of his spaniels better. nt sl8 May 2024 #17

Reminds me of the time Jabba the Hutt trapped Han Solo in carbonate. jls4561 May 2024 #18

Wow, I thought Francis Bacon was dead!! hatrack May 2024 #19

Doesn't look anything like King Charles ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2024 #21

Very "Game of Thrones" Mossfern May 2024 #22

I like it too TheProle May 2024 #32

I do, too obamanut2012 May 2024 #40

I like it too n/t hibbing May 2024 #77

It's ugly MustLoveBeagles May 2024 #23

As far as portraits of kings go, I like it. Silent Type May 2024 #24

Looks a bit like a hell-haunted monarch; but that's likely just a couple of well-deserved feminine ghostly splats on Backseat Driver May 2024 #25

It is horrific. Irish_Dem May 2024 #26

Agreed DET May 2024 #60

Yes I agree, it is the extensive red everywhere. Irish_Dem May 2024 #61

Bloody awful -- and I DO mean BLOODY awful Rocknation May 2024 #27

I think when painting an "official portrait" Diamond_Dog May 2024 #28

I recall the flap over this portrait of Jerry Brown in his first term as CA Governor in the 1980s: Liberty Belle May 2024 #29

Looks like he's in hell Oneironaut May 2024 #30

Han Solo GPV May 2024 #31

I kind of like it. BlueTsunami2018 May 2024 #33

The aura emitting from hrh that it can't be detained MagickMuffin May 2024 #35

There's a free phone app for that effect Ponietz May 2024 #36

Dreadful. Biophilic May 2024 #37

I love it -- the British Monarchy's history is awash in blood obamanut2012 May 2024 #39

I have no better explanation of this conception myself.... DemocraticPatriot May 2024 #76

The Monarchy is fading away ... sanatanadharma May 2024 #42

I love it! Very unusual but I think it works. beaglelover May 2024 #43

I like it, though it could use some blue. jalan48 May 2024 #44

Ugh it's awful! nt Raine May 2024 #45

I like it canetoad May 2024 #47

Yep, I liked it too n/t Violet_Crumble May 2024 #90

Good grief NanaCat May 2024 #48

See his other work on his Instagram... IcyPeas May 2024 #49

I like it. Solly Mack May 2024 #50

I thought of the Crusades, then the Spanish Inquisition, when I first saw it. flor-de-jasmim May 2024 #51

It looks like he's being consumed by the blob. Ruby Soho May 2024 #52

I find it quite interesting. n/t demmiblue May 2024 #53

Is it Rebl2 May 2024 #54

what makes it official? Progressive dog May 2024 #55

King Charles III unveils his first official portrait since his coronation Nevilledog May 2024 #63

Thanks Progressive dog May 2024 #92

''It was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate the then-Prince of Wales's 50 years as a member of The Drapers' Company'' Donkees May 2024 #65

I don't like it sdfernando May 2024 #56

It could use MFM008 May 2024 #57

Looks like it should have been trump. Turbineguy May 2024 #58

It certainly makes a statement. Xavier Breath May 2024 #59

I like it. nclib May 2024 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby May 2024 #66

Needs little horns to convince the conspiracy theorists that King Charles is a shape-shifting, satanic PufPuf23 May 2024 #68

Awful XanaDUer2 May 2024 #69

It looks like he is in hell LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 #70

Painted with tomato sauce Demovictory9 May 2024 #71

The face is a good likeness... 3catwoman3 May 2024 #72

Looks like he's riding a firetruck through Hell. Golden Raisin May 2024 #73

I like it for the hilarious irony. orange jar May 2024 #74

Hell, he looks hot. Bluethroughu May 2024 #78

The ears are too small. marble falls May 2024 #79

Looks like they added his head to a Slayer album cover. johnp3907 May 2024 #80

That's hilarious, and you are so right. blue neen May 2024 #84

This is from the Onion, yes??? PLEASE tell me this is from the Onion!!! niyad May 2024 #81

I hear you; brought to mind this Francis Bacon painting of Pope Innocent X: robbob May 2024 #95

Yikes, thzt is ugly!!! Although, as I recall, Innocent was anything but! niyad May 2024 #96

Reminds me of the painting of Dorian Gray... Pachamama May 2024 #82

I'm in the minority. I mostly like it because Ilsa May 2024 #83

I'd have to care more to care less. brooklynite May 2024 #85

is it done? i know i have done some quirky 'portraits, but i did add a little more than the face. pansypoo53219 May 2024 #87

Blood. Death. Serial Killer (watched "Silence of the Lambs" again because of Trump's weird Hannibal Lector betsuni May 2024 #88

As a painting, I like it blogslug May 2024 #89

I like it - surrealAmerican May 2024 #93

Hate It RobinA May 2024 #94

I like it Blue Idaho May 2024 #97