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Dear diver dan,

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There are many different types and styles of portraits : realistic, character, satirical, comical, etc., and many different styles and techniques : drawings, paintings etc. on various supports with various substances and material.

Classical or realistic portraits are the official type such as those realised for members of royalty, nobility and society’s narcissistic elite. They are flattering images of the subjects represented.

That is, perhaps, what the Australian mining magnate and heiress, Gina Rinehart, would have preferred.

However, a good portrait should reveal the personality of the subject and capture the viewers' attention. That is rarely the case of classical or realistic portraits that seek to render a flattering image of the subject represented.

What we see in Vincent Namatjira’s portrait of Gina Rinehart is not as she sees herself, nor is it necessarily as she really is.

It is how the artist, Vincent Namatjira, sees her.

That is what she does not like and does not want people to see.

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Oops ! Sorry, that was meant for NathanJ who started this thread.

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Thanks for sharing why Gina didn't like her portrait. It must be quite useful to have such insight. I think a wish enough. A reason should not be required.

Me thinks you're right there Fester, but if Henry thought you were ugly then it might have been a good idea to agree you're ugly! Henry tended to believe there were only two opinions, his opinion being the right opinion, and your opinion, the wrong opinion, and dear old Henry didn't like wrong opinions, they kept the executioner busy.

Gina Rinehart has certainly done a good job of
attracting people to the Art Gallery and the artist.
I still suspect that perhaps that was her intention all
along.

"Gina Rinehart has certainly done a good job of
attracting people to the Art Gallery"

Its called the Streisand effect... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect