Two commissioned portraits of Tony Blair have been unveiled recently, one by Jonathan Yeo and one by Phil Hale.

Yeo had already made one in 2001.


Yeo, 2001


This year Blair sat for him again and this is the result.


Yeo, 2008


Last year Phil Hale began painting Blair and with all due respect I feel he captured the man far, far better than the Yeo's which seem to capture only the image.


Hale, 2007