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General Sir Garry Johnson Oil Painting by Steve Greaves General Sir Garry Johnson                             enlarge image   Photorealism Portrait Painting - Oil & Liquin on Board 1999 14 x 16 ins British Ministry of Defence (MOD) collection.   An Official Military Portrait Painting of Lt. Gen. Sir Garry  Johnson, KCB OBE MC, Colonel of the 10th Gurkha Rifles Regiment. It was commissioned by the British Ministry of  Defence (MOD) who sent me a number of Official Photographs  to work from.   This Military Portrait is Painted in Photorealism Style. Originally the background was painted a steely blue-grey  colour which gave the picture a high-tech modern feel - Sir  Garry Johnson reminded me of Captain Jean-Luc  Picard commanding the Starship Enterprise in  the Science Fiction TV series Star Trek.   Photorealism Portrait Painting Technique The picture is painted onto a White-Gesso Primed MDF  Board. The Oil Paint is mixed with Winsor & Newton  Liquin - a fast-drying medium allowing semi-transparent layers of paint to be overlaid in quick succession. The  Painting was created over several weeks - some areas of  the image received up to 6 layers of Oil Paint. The white  gesso was allowed to show through in some of the lighter  areas almost like a Watercolour Painting. I used Winsor  & Newton Sceptre Gold Brushes to Paint this  Photorealism Military Portrait Painting.   However the MOD sent the Picture of Sir Garry Johnson  back for revisions. They wanted the background changing  to brown to match other pictures in their collection, also  the badge on his left sleeve had to be added as he had  been decorated again during the time it took me to Create the Portrait Painting .   This is the best image currently available of the Portrait Painting of Sir Garry Johnson which I believe is now in the  Officer's Mess of 1RGR in Sir John Moore Barracks,  Shorncliffe, Folkestone, England, UK.   I'm sure I once saw the Painting on TV in a programme about  the Gurkhas leaving Hong Kong - it was on the wall behind  an officer who was being interviewed as he was packing away  crockery into boxes.     A Signed Greetings Card is available of this painting signed cards   Click here to buy  Steve Greaves Original Paintings

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