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    William & Kate: Tribute to Royal Love. 2011 by Stephen B Whatley

    By howco1952  |  Posted April 26, 2011  |  London, United Kingdom
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     howco1952, an artist in London, made his painting of William and Kate using nine photographs as inspiration. 'I felt inspired to paint a tribute to the happiness of Prince William, as I have felt sympathy for the prince and his early tragedy,' he says. 'I too lost my beautiful mother as a teenager, to a car accident ... I have been impressed by the strength and happiness he has evidently found with Kate.'
    - dsashin, CNN iReport producer

    British expressionist artist Stephen B Whatley celebrates the love of Prince William & Kate Middleton in this new vibrant tribute in oils, completed in the month of the Royal Wedding. Inspired by a selection of

    photographs, the artist was keen to express the couple’s engagement, wishing them happiness – having always felt sympathy for the Prince.

    In 1981 just a week after the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer, the artist, then 16, lost his beloved young mother to a car accident.

     

    The inclusion of the engagement ring is a poignant focus in the painting; a reminder of the spirit of Diana.

     

    Stephen B Whatley has work in the Royal Collection and collections worldwide. He was commissioned to paint Buckingham Palace – twice – for advertisements promoting the Summer Opening of the Palace; while there is a walkway of his 30 paintings for the Tower of London viewed daily by the public, close to Tower Hill Station in London.

     

    This new Royal painting is now on show at the Colomb Art Gallery, London, W1 until May 2011.

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