• @jordanlund
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    66 months ago

    Since they don’t show the portrait to the viewer…

    I’d love to ask the artist their intent. Did they mean to show him drenched in blood? Whose?

    • @riodoro1
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      6 months ago

      The news online is like:

      Title: shocking picture you absolutely need to see

      Article: everything but the picture

      Also: red is the color of the monarchy. So maybe that.

      • @jordanlund
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        16 months ago

        I could get that if it were just the background, like the official Obama portrait, but covering the uniform in red and leaving just his face and hands exposed seems to be making a statement.

        Obama portrait for comparison: