A short-list of Tony Abbott’s prime ministerial portrait artists

Why should Tony Abbot limit himself to a portrait by Johannes Leak when he has so many other artists at his disposal?

Feb 11, 2021

While some in artistic circles were surprised by Tony Abbott’s choice of cartoonist Johannes Leak to paint his prime ministerial portrait, the rest of the nation just sighed. Culture wars are waged on many battlefields and portraiture is but another.

But this was a missed opportunity to shine a light on any number of artists while still giving Australians a vision of Abbott they’ll never forget.

Here are a few of Crikey's suggestions for a portrait artist.

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Tom Red

Before joining the Crikey team, Tom Red plied his trade across the union movement. Having failed entirely to curb the military-industrial complex, he now rights wrongs by photoshopping politicians’ heads onto celebrities’ bodies.