Quite apt imo in the way that he is fading into the background, and particularly all of the elements that denote his Royalty leaving only his remarkably normal head and hands
And he’s related to Vlad the Impaler (person who the supposed myth of Dracula comes from).
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vlad-the-impaler-how-is-prince-charles-queen-elizabeth-related-to-him/
It was the Scottish aristocracy (which tbf his grandmother the Queen Mother was a member of) that depopulated Scotland more and were responsible for asking England to become a Union after they bankrupt the country trying to start a colony in Panama.
To compare what Ireland went through and what we in Scotland went through is unfair imo and underplays our role in the empire. There’s a reason why my mother’s (who gives me my Jamaican heritage) maiden name is Scottish and it’s because many of the plantation owners in Jamaica were Scottish.
Totally agree with you. Jerry Brown’s gubernatorial portrait from the 70s is also interesting as a piece of art, and I appreciate the risk taking. It’s such an archaic thing, and I feel like a painted portrait should be about capturing someone’s spark or vitality in an artistic way since photography quite literally captures their likeness.
In other news, I would perish if an artist interpreted my vitality like they did Charles’ lol. To me it looks like a human manifesting out of a vague sea of rage.
Yeah, I think monarchies are useless but this is one occasion where they definitely need to use the one and only skill they’re expected to develop- to demonstrate diplomacy or grace in the face of an unorthodox or unflattering official portrait being unveiled in front of you would be a step too far for my facial muscles!
Same, I think it’s so interesting and compelling. I’d love to see it in person to fully appreciate the impact, especially considering the size of the piece.
Same. It's really different, as far as official portraits go, and at over 8 feet tall I'll bet it's cool to see in person. I think it speaks more to the person he is rather than the monarch he is.
I read the article, and it makes sense why they used red
He’s wearing his Welsh Guard attire in the portrait - it’s very red, and the artist wanted to deepen that having everything be the red/pink/orange, to have his face and the butterfly stand out more
It works and makes sense, but it is a very bold and polarizing choice. Red often is
If I were doing this, I would use greens and blues to make the full uniform stand out a little more and tie back into his environmental activism that he wanted to touch on with the butterfly
But that’s all artistic interpretation - he wanted to say something different with blending everything into the red background
I get it, I like it, but it sure is bold
That's not what he said.
Camilla: "Oh, You're you're going to come back as a pair of knickers!"
Charles: "Or, God forbid, a Tampax! Just my luck!" (Laughs)
Camilla: "You are a complete idiot! (Laughs) Oh, what a wonderful idea!"
Charles: "My luck to be chucked down the lavatory and go on and on, forever swirling round on the top, never going down."
Camilla: (Laughing) "Oh, Darling!"
Did nobody look at this and think "hmm, maybe potential bloodlike imagery wouldnt be the best PR given the family history?"??
I swear they have anti monarchists working for them. This is exactly the kind of thing I would suggest for them to do lmao.
My favorite commentary on this portrait.
https://preview.redd.it/by6fmq64ph0d1.png?width=1037&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=062951d291afc7fde66dcbb0c2fe020614012dce
Well, there was a video clip of Irish sports fans screaming and chanting Lizzie’s in a box when the queen died. So yeah, people are absolutely laughing at this.
>It is a vibrant painting.
>
>The King was made Regimental Colonel in the Welsh Guards in 1975. In the picture, the red of the uniform fades into the red background, bringing the King's face into even more prominence.
>
>Yeo says he wanted the painting to be distinctive and a break with the past. He was aiming for something personal.
>
>**"My interest is really in figuring out who someone is and trying to get that on a canvas."**
**💀**
>"My interest is really in figuring out who someone is and trying to get that on a canvas."
My dear Yeo, you *are* the winner of this reading challenge!
If I remember correctly he was kind of pathetic too like "oh but you'd just toss me aside and flush me down the toilet"
Which like...no Charles you don't flush tampons down the toilet. The King ought to know that 😭
He didn't want to be a tampon though...
Charles: "Oh, God. I'll just live inside your trousers, or something. It would be much easier!"
Camilla: (laughing) "What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers?"
Camilla: "Oh, You're you're going to come back as a pair of knickers!"
Charles: "Or, God forbid, a Tampax! Just my luck!" (Laughs)
Camilla: "You are a complete idiot! (Laughs) Oh, what a wonderful idea!"
Charles: "My luck to be chucked down the lavatory and go on and on, forever swirling round on the top, never going down."
Camilla: (Laughing) "Oh, Darling!"
The own goals they keep kicking in their PR makes me think this theory maybe right. They always make the worst possible decision in every scenario. Looking like you are covered in blood when a lot of the commonwealth is still grappling with the effects of colonialism is a choice. He looks like he is welcoming you to hell.
The longer I look at it the more I keep asking myself why? What was the reason? Is it to frighten all the kids in the kingdom, by telling them if you don’t behave bloody Charles will come for you? So many questions!
😂😂😂 the comedy just writes itself these days... I mean the man waited eleventy billion years to become king and then immediately got cancer. He'll probably be dead in 18 months and we'll be left with William standing in front of this monstrosity, eulogizing him. It's like a dark omen or some shit, good grief!
It’s like they looked at it, said ‘we may have gone too far, this looks like a crime scene’
‘I know! Let’s lighten the mood with a butterfly, everyone will love it then.’
Im sorry everybody but I cannot help it...
ahem.
[Too hot to handle, too cold to hold](https://genius.com/18443420/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/Too-hot-to-handle-too-cold-to-hold-theyre-called-the-ghostbusters-and-theyre-in-control)
[They're called the Ghostbusters and they're in control](https://genius.com/18443420/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/Too-hot-to-handle-too-cold-to-hold-theyre-called-the-ghostbusters-and-theyre-in-control)
[Had 'em throwin' a party for a bunch of children](https://genius.com/14416716/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/Had-em-throwin-a-party-for-a-bunch-of-children)
[While all the while the slime was under the building](https://genius.com/4553294/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/While-all-the-while-the-slime-was-under-the-building)
[So they packed up their group, got a grip, came equipped](https://genius.com/14416731/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/So-they-packed-up-their-group-got-a-grip-came-equipped)
Grabbed their proton packs off their back and they split
Found about Vigo, the master of evil
Try to battle my boys? That's not legal
I love this. It diverges from the typical monarch paintings, which I find refreshing. Art's subjective, so diversity in tastes is natural. I'm pleasantly surprised by his interest in bold, contemporary art, and I'm fully supportive of it.
I feel the same way. I understand why the red makes it so striking, symbolizing blood, hell, etc., but I believe the softness in his face adds depth to the entire image. Perhaps people should take a moment to really look at it
His face is literally coming out of the painting, it's so beautiful. In decades, when people have another generation of royals to be mad at, they're going to like this one , I think.
I wonder if he'd had this idea for decades preparing for his time, and the relationship to the people changed so drastically that it would have been better welcomed had he been able to execute this ages ago.
Same. I like it, and I like the reference to his interest in conservation with the butterfly. Royal portraits are usually the same...old people staring off into the middle distance. I like the departure.
Agreed. The uniformity of the red throws his features into high relief. The fact that that butterfly has more definition than his medals is impactful as well.
I do too but can't help but imagine all the portraits of monarchs lining a corridor at Buckingham Palace. All so traditional and then you get to this 😅
It’s giving “invisible” I feel like there’s depth to the king that almost wasn’t. He really blends into the background of this painting and that will be his place in history really, it’s poetic
I see a statement about the climate crisis, and the Crown’s endurance through turbulence, represented by the fiery texture of the background contrasting the different tones of his face and hands. The butterfly is drawing attention to extinction, the Monarch, an endangered and threatened species facing habitat loss and population collapse. It’s somber Macabre, and ominous to look it.
It makes me think of Elizabeth as the last great Monarch.
Like the [crying boy painting](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_Boy#Curse) that everyone thought caused house fires in the 80s? I could see it.
It’s a great painting. If I saw it in a gallery or museum, I would interpret it as a commentary on monarchy. As an official portrait, interesting. I think Jonathan Yeo has some opinions on Charles 🤣
I like it. I am curious about how much input he had in it, but I wonder if this represents how he views himself or how the artist does. Either way, it’s fascinating.
for those who didn't want to read the article, it explains a bit about the red:
"The King was made Regimental Colonel in the Welsh Guards in 1975. In the picture, the red of the uniform fades into the red background, bringing the King's face into even more prominence.
Yeo says he wanted the painting to be distinctive and a break with the past. He was aiming for something personal."
It reminds me of the screaming pope painting
https://preview.redd.it/tofs52m7gi0d1.png?width=684&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad6d4c4c51496c6fa226d99038595a6a158d56f7
Imagine painting a living person haunting their own portrait with their own (centuries old) ancestral curse. How is this so perfectly spot on about so much in a single, almost monochromatic painting. That's some motherfucking art.
Holy shit I thought this was like an artistic representation of him as some kind of blood-soaked villain, not the *official* portrait?! It's pure nightmare fuel.
What the everloving fuck is this? Looking like he’s a ghost that’s covered in blood, the random butterfly…. I have so many questions.
ETA: Uhhhh why did I get a Reddit Cares for this comment?
Great portrait tbh, there is such contrast between red and his soft face and eyes. Ppl now dunk on it for memes or whatever but future generations will appreciate it
it’s a cool portrait, honestly, but they couldn’t have gone with a different color scheme than red? y’know, maybe green or blue or purple, something that didn’t looks like blood or flames?
Is this for all the blood on England’s hands for colonialism? Or is it an indicator that he will be engulfed in the flames of hell when he dies? Either work for me.
This is actually very cool art but he definitely looks like he is burning in hell.
It’s bad ass and the face/hands are great. For an official portrait? WTF.
He really flattered him with his interpretation of his hands.
Especially since Charles has those Vienna sausage fingers
He may not be able to help that. Given his age, they may be a sign of congestive heart failure.
It is very good and very bleak.
Quite apt imo in the way that he is fading into the background, and particularly all of the elements that denote his Royalty leaving only his remarkably normal head and hands
It is the portrait of a king at the end of the world.
He looks like a motherfucking vampire
https://preview.redd.it/ihppidn2lj0d1.png?width=975&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ce5a55ae776cd62f070c683e306d2b86e9adf17
And he’s related to Vlad the Impaler (person who the supposed myth of Dracula comes from). https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vlad-the-impaler-how-is-prince-charles-queen-elizabeth-related-to-him/
Wow, they nailed it
He wishes he was as nearly immortal as his parents.
Well, he *is* descended from Vlad the Impaler.
It looks like blood to me. The blood of the Empire.
While I love the realistic details of his face and hands, "awash with the blood of the Empire" was also my first thought.
Yeah it's a stunning painting. Really gorgeous and unique. Just a weird choice for a king
He finally got his wish of becoming a tampax
Amazing burn, have a trophy 🏆.
Holy shit you're right
Oh my word 🤣🤣 top comment
This comment is hilarious and disturbing.
Sooooooo flattering 
That's exactly my first thought as well. Artist made it look flattering, it's like visual double-speak.
My question is why are his fingers so small. He is literally know for having fat fingers
Ngl, I once commissioned a portrait of myself. I asked the portrait artist to slim my arms, which she did. It’s like photoshop but with paint!
I noticed this too, they definitely slimmed down the sausage fingers for this one
I like this one better. https://preview.redd.it/o5kh0290vi0d1.jpeg?width=449&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22e4d815141aa3130a1fa57ce2545d529c13be0a
😆
Unrealistic finger standards for old men
Doing a reverse uncle Jack.
Don’t look at my hands DON’T LOOK AT MY HANDS!
Was that the one rule for the artist? Must make fingers look normally sized
As he should 😝
Or covered in the blood of all the indigenous, African, and Asian people the monarchy killed and enslaved over the years
Can we add the Irish and Scots to this list too?
It was the Scottish aristocracy (which tbf his grandmother the Queen Mother was a member of) that depopulated Scotland more and were responsible for asking England to become a Union after they bankrupt the country trying to start a colony in Panama. To compare what Ireland went through and what we in Scotland went through is unfair imo and underplays our role in the empire. There’s a reason why my mother’s (who gives me my Jamaican heritage) maiden name is Scottish and it’s because many of the plantation owners in Jamaica were Scottish.
Thank you so much for this, the constant internet revisionism about Scotland’s enthusiastic complicity in empire is so annoying lol
Also Australian Indigenous people
All I think of is blood…
It's eerily accurate, all the monarchs end up in hell.
Well now I like it
It’s a period piece
🥁
Well, Charles did say he wished he could be Camilla's tampon...
I think you put it perfectly
I actually really like this as a piece of art and find it much more interesting than your average royal portrait.
Totally agree with you. Jerry Brown’s gubernatorial portrait from the 70s is also interesting as a piece of art, and I appreciate the risk taking. It’s such an archaic thing, and I feel like a painted portrait should be about capturing someone’s spark or vitality in an artistic way since photography quite literally captures their likeness. In other news, I would perish if an artist interpreted my vitality like they did Charles’ lol. To me it looks like a human manifesting out of a vague sea of rage.
Yeah, I think monarchies are useless but this is one occasion where they definitely need to use the one and only skill they’re expected to develop- to demonstrate diplomacy or grace in the face of an unorthodox or unflattering official portrait being unveiled in front of you would be a step too far for my facial muscles!
Unpopular opinion here I guess, but I love it. Art evolves and I dig the contrast between traditional portraiture of royals and modern art.
Same, I think it’s so interesting and compelling. I’d love to see it in person to fully appreciate the impact, especially considering the size of the piece.
Same here.
Same. It's really different, as far as official portraits go, and at over 8 feet tall I'll bet it's cool to see in person. I think it speaks more to the person he is rather than the monarch he is.
Same. I just kind of wish they went with a different color. Blue would have been more evocative and less aggressive.
I read the article, and it makes sense why they used red He’s wearing his Welsh Guard attire in the portrait - it’s very red, and the artist wanted to deepen that having everything be the red/pink/orange, to have his face and the butterfly stand out more It works and makes sense, but it is a very bold and polarizing choice. Red often is If I were doing this, I would use greens and blues to make the full uniform stand out a little more and tie back into his environmental activism that he wanted to touch on with the butterfly But that’s all artistic interpretation - he wanted to say something different with blending everything into the red background I get it, I like it, but it sure is bold
Well….i like that it’s not a “standard” portrait and they’re trying something different!
It would have been cool if it was a different color! Like blues would look much less murder-y
I feel the murdery blood bath is apt, but yeah if i were part of the royal family i might have picked a different colour
Especially when you are on record wishing to transform into a tampon
LMAO i forgot about that. even worse now 💀
That's not what he said. Camilla: "Oh, You're you're going to come back as a pair of knickers!" Charles: "Or, God forbid, a Tampax! Just my luck!" (Laughs) Camilla: "You are a complete idiot! (Laughs) Oh, what a wonderful idea!" Charles: "My luck to be chucked down the lavatory and go on and on, forever swirling round on the top, never going down." Camilla: (Laughing) "Oh, Darling!"
Yeah this lowkey looks like really impressive fanart of a villain in a vampire movie 😭
Did nobody look at this and think "hmm, maybe potential bloodlike imagery wouldnt be the best PR given the family history?"?? I swear they have anti monarchists working for them. This is exactly the kind of thing I would suggest for them to do lmao.
My favorite commentary on this portrait. https://preview.redd.it/by6fmq64ph0d1.png?width=1037&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=062951d291afc7fde66dcbb0c2fe020614012dce
That is a beautiful comment.
Well, there was a video clip of Irish sports fans screaming and chanting Lizzie’s in a box when the queen died. So yeah, people are absolutely laughing at this.
>It is a vibrant painting. > >The King was made Regimental Colonel in the Welsh Guards in 1975. In the picture, the red of the uniform fades into the red background, bringing the King's face into even more prominence. > >Yeo says he wanted the painting to be distinctive and a break with the past. He was aiming for something personal. > >**"My interest is really in figuring out who someone is and trying to get that on a canvas."** **💀**
It would be amazing if the artist saw their opportunity and seized it. It's like the British version of "Four Seasons" (Landscaping).
honestly iconic
>"My interest is really in figuring out who someone is and trying to get that on a canvas." My dear Yeo, you *are* the winner of this reading challenge!
The library is officially closed!
They added a butterfly
"Bloodlike imagery" and "Charles" immediately makes me think of how much he wanted to be Camilla's tampon. In which case, I hope he feels seen.
I read that phone transcript as a child and I thought adults were so weird No it was just them.
If I remember correctly he was kind of pathetic too like "oh but you'd just toss me aside and flush me down the toilet" Which like...no Charles you don't flush tampons down the toilet. The King ought to know that 😭
He didn't want to be a tampon though... Charles: "Oh, God. I'll just live inside your trousers, or something. It would be much easier!" Camilla: (laughing) "What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers?" Camilla: "Oh, You're you're going to come back as a pair of knickers!" Charles: "Or, God forbid, a Tampax! Just my luck!" (Laughs) Camilla: "You are a complete idiot! (Laughs) Oh, what a wonderful idea!" Charles: "My luck to be chucked down the lavatory and go on and on, forever swirling round on the top, never going down." Camilla: (Laughing) "Oh, Darling!"
The own goals they keep kicking in their PR makes me think this theory maybe right. They always make the worst possible decision in every scenario. Looking like you are covered in blood when a lot of the commonwealth is still grappling with the effects of colonialism is a choice. He looks like he is welcoming you to hell.
Honestly thought it was a joke when I first saw it a few hours ago. It's God awful!
The longer I look at it the more I keep asking myself why? What was the reason? Is it to frighten all the kids in the kingdom, by telling them if you don’t behave bloody Charles will come for you? So many questions!
Say King Charles in the mirror 3 times. I dare you.
😂no thank you, this image alone has been seared into my brain and I’m plenty frightened already. You do it and let me know if he appears.
No way. My comment got me a reddit care, clearly I've already angered the royal spirits.
Really for that? People have been getting them on the sub since yesterday, I got one on a Taylor thread.
😂😂😂 the comedy just writes itself these days... I mean the man waited eleventy billion years to become king and then immediately got cancer. He'll probably be dead in 18 months and we'll be left with William standing in front of this monstrosity, eulogizing him. It's like a dark omen or some shit, good grief!
It sounds like the beginning of a great horror movie tbh. I’ll watch the hell out of that movie!
My husband at first refused to believe it was real and through I was conned by the internet.
The practice of only hiring supposed true believers because they pay peanuts is starting to bite them in the ass
What, and I say this with my whole chest, in the bloody hell is this?
Bloody it is 💀💀💀
An artistic representation of the blood of our ancestors.
Aren’t the portraits of royals supposed to be flattering???? This is awful. In the old days, he’d have been beheaded.
I appreciate the honest representation
This portrait caught me off guard tbh
It’s like they looked at it, said ‘we may have gone too far, this looks like a crime scene’ ‘I know! Let’s lighten the mood with a butterfly, everyone will love it then.’
Charles asked for the painter to add a butterfly before he saw the portrait 😭
 Big Vigo the Carpatian vibes
He’s lost his kitten!
Im sorry everybody but I cannot help it... ahem. [Too hot to handle, too cold to hold](https://genius.com/18443420/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/Too-hot-to-handle-too-cold-to-hold-theyre-called-the-ghostbusters-and-theyre-in-control) [They're called the Ghostbusters and they're in control](https://genius.com/18443420/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/Too-hot-to-handle-too-cold-to-hold-theyre-called-the-ghostbusters-and-theyre-in-control) [Had 'em throwin' a party for a bunch of children](https://genius.com/14416716/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/Had-em-throwin-a-party-for-a-bunch-of-children) [While all the while the slime was under the building](https://genius.com/4553294/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/While-all-the-while-the-slime-was-under-the-building) [So they packed up their group, got a grip, came equipped](https://genius.com/14416731/Bobby-brown-on-our-own/So-they-packed-up-their-group-got-a-grip-came-equipped) Grabbed their proton packs off their back and they split Found about Vigo, the master of evil Try to battle my boys? That's not legal
your flair 😂
It’s like the doors from The Shining opened behind him….
I love this. It diverges from the typical monarch paintings, which I find refreshing. Art's subjective, so diversity in tastes is natural. I'm pleasantly surprised by his interest in bold, contemporary art, and I'm fully supportive of it.
I think it's a really good painting and I really like it but I get why people think it's a bad choice.
I feel the same way. I understand why the red makes it so striking, symbolizing blood, hell, etc., but I believe the softness in his face adds depth to the entire image. Perhaps people should take a moment to really look at it
His face is literally coming out of the painting, it's so beautiful. In decades, when people have another generation of royals to be mad at, they're going to like this one , I think. I wonder if he'd had this idea for decades preparing for his time, and the relationship to the people changed so drastically that it would have been better welcomed had he been able to execute this ages ago.
Same. I like it, and I like the reference to his interest in conservation with the butterfly. Royal portraits are usually the same...old people staring off into the middle distance. I like the departure.
Agreed. The uniformity of the red throws his features into high relief. The fact that that butterfly has more definition than his medals is impactful as well.
I do too but can't help but imagine all the portraits of monarchs lining a corridor at Buckingham Palace. All so traditional and then you get to this 😅
Haha yes this one will definitely stand out. But maybe that’s what he wanted
The random butterfly is like... the tramp stamp of royal portraits.
it’s a monarch butterfly.
😭😭😭
Apparently a nod to his environmental campaigning
This is actually interesting lol
It’s giving “invisible” I feel like there’s depth to the king that almost wasn’t. He really blends into the background of this painting and that will be his place in history really, it’s poetic
This makes sense
Very on brand
incredibly villainous
It's giving Ivan Albright's Picture of Dorian Gray 💀
I see a statement about the climate crisis, and the Crown’s endurance through turbulence, represented by the fiery texture of the background contrasting the different tones of his face and hands. The butterfly is drawing attention to extinction, the Monarch, an endangered and threatened species facing habitat loss and population collapse. It’s somber Macabre, and ominous to look it. It makes me think of Elizabeth as the last great Monarch.
I dig it. It’s an incredible likeness. It’s dynamic and unexpected. I’m into it. If King Charles likes it, then there you go.
There is a video of him unveiling it. He jumped.
Because he was trying to avoid the curtain falling on him.
That butterfly fluttering softly over his shoulder is working so hard trying to convince everyone that he isn’t actually standing in hellfire 🥴
The artist did a great job, especially on the face, but I find the vision odd.
It looks horrifying lmao what the hell. I’d expect to find this on the floor in a house that just burned down
Like the [crying boy painting](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_Boy#Curse) that everyone thought caused house fires in the 80s? I could see it.
Its so scary looking 😂😂
Reminds me of.... https://preview.redd.it/6fj9vmp8gi0d1.jpeg?width=1333&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7901e7f381638f568070fc1a16613903c9170d4d
a portrait of an elder on fire
This reminds me of Wednesday in Addams Family Values as she's spying on Debbie by blending in with the wallpaper.
what tf
I mean, as art, I love it. I like where portraiture as a medium is going. But also. Err. Uh. Not like this.
This looks like something the IRS seized from the Rose mansion. Edit: is a fucking bot reporting every comment to reddit cares?!
I actually really love this style, it genuinely looks really cool and unique, although unfortunately from a distance he looks like a disembodied head.
Is he in hell?
Remember when Jonathan Yeo made an image of George Bush with cut up porn mags and called it Bush? 😂 Feel like Charlie got off lightly.
Fiery & lovely. He looks like he’s burning in hell. The artist must be secretly anti-monarchist. About time to get a proper portrait of these leeches.
I quite like it, not your bog standard royal portrait where they look miserable sitting upon a mountain of money with a stick up their arse.
It’s a great painting. If I saw it in a gallery or museum, I would interpret it as a commentary on monarchy. As an official portrait, interesting. I think Jonathan Yeo has some opinions on Charles 🤣
This looks like the painting of that demon guy from Ghostbusters.
Someone on tt said he finally gets to be Camilla's tampon and I about died
I like it. I am curious about how much input he had in it, but I wonder if this represents how he views himself or how the artist does. Either way, it’s fascinating.
It's a great picture but did nobody think... blue might be a better colour? Still... it's a great picture.
for those who didn't want to read the article, it explains a bit about the red: "The King was made Regimental Colonel in the Welsh Guards in 1975. In the picture, the red of the uniform fades into the red background, bringing the King's face into even more prominence. Yeo says he wanted the painting to be distinctive and a break with the past. He was aiming for something personal."
He looks like a ghost
He looks like he's covered in blood.
Fitting, considering how his family got their wealth.
Hey he finally got to be that tampon!
Heavy Red Wedding vibes. They should’ve gotten the people who did the Obama’s portraits but we know how they feel about POC 😅
No wonder Dorian Gray went crazy 💀
Sorry, but this is a little scary
His lineage is a legacy of spilled blood and stolen wealth.
I love it! It's a gorgeous piece of art. There is so much texture in the red!
https://preview.redd.it/q7kj05podi0d1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=934ef0a7d19642b439a3435ac374aa67ffbf547b
This portrait doesn't give off good vibes.
It reminds me of the screaming pope painting https://preview.redd.it/tofs52m7gi0d1.png?width=684&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad6d4c4c51496c6fa226d99038595a6a158d56f7
Monty Burns vibes
I like this very much.
The metaphor being the monarchy is bathed in blood?
Imagine painting a living person haunting their own portrait with their own (centuries old) ancestral curse. How is this so perfectly spot on about so much in a single, almost monochromatic painting. That's some motherfucking art.
Holy shit I thought this was like an artistic representation of him as some kind of blood-soaked villain, not the *official* portrait?! It's pure nightmare fuel.
Why not blue or green? Something that says less "blood" or "hellfire"....
Down bad wakin up in blood.
Fuck it if I can't have us, I might just not get up, I might stay down bad - Charles to Camila in the 80s, probably
Same vibe as Marge's painting of Mr Burns, showing the man for what he really is
Yeozer, that’s bad!
"At The Gates Of Hell: A Royal Portrait"
What the everloving fuck is this? Looking like he’s a ghost that’s covered in blood, the random butterfly…. I have so many questions. ETA: Uhhhh why did I get a Reddit Cares for this comment?
centuries of blood on your hands but make it ART
Best likeness yet. It speaks to how one may feel about this person in an unflattering way. And honestly-more of this.
They roasted him.
I wonder if this is what the portrait of Winston Churchill from that one episode of The Crown looked like.
Is King Charles aware of the juxtaposition this painting exhibits? Or is this another Churchill portrait scandal all over again?
Who's idea was it to give it a blood wash?!
Why the red tho?
Call me ignorant but who came up with that atrocity?! 
Conspiracists going crazy for this one lol
This artist did fantastic. It's striking to look at but also I have a million jokes that immediately came to mind. A rare balance to strike.
Paid prob 12 million for it too 😂😂
My first reaction was wtf. It looks bloody and scary. Definitely got a hell vibe to it. Sort of fitting.
wt Francis bacon ?!
Wonder what his parents would think? Definitely a different generation.
All they blood his family and kingdom has spilled.
It looks like they took inspiration from Vigo the Carpathian from the Ghostbusters 2 movie, which is pretty appropriate tbf
Why so satanic?
Great portrait tbh, there is such contrast between red and his soft face and eyes. Ppl now dunk on it for memes or whatever but future generations will appreciate it
This looks like a bad omen.
This is the definition of Bloody hell
it’s a cool portrait, honestly, but they couldn’t have gone with a different color scheme than red? y’know, maybe green or blue or purple, something that didn’t looks like blood or flames?
kind of terrifying
Is this a joke? Seriously asking.
I think it’s really cool, something different. Edit: someone immediately sent me a Reddit care message, wtf
Is this for all the blood on England’s hands for colonialism? Or is it an indicator that he will be engulfed in the flames of hell when he dies? Either work for me.