- Mug Punter #5
- 07 October 07
- Drawing
- 8 Comments
Medium: Coloured pencil/graphite
Size: 250mm x 200mm
Look I'm the first to admit that Mug Punter #4 was a bit of a let down, I don't think I captured the likeness as well as I would've liked. I'm much more pleased with this one of the latest generation of the Downer political dynasty. From memory I think Lord Alexander Downer - no he's not really a Lord, but he does have the behaviour, plummy voice and is occasionally prone to pomposity so who knows - is third generation Australian power politics. A born to rule ethos is probably the tagline to the family crest.
Typical of the private schoolboy upbringing we occasionally get university revue type humour from Lord Downer - most famously when he was Opposition Leader in the 1990s and quipped at a dinner that his party's domestic violence policy should be called the things that batter. This was meant to be a wordplay on his Party's slogan The Things That Matter and went down like a lead balloon.
He gained some additionally notoriety when at a charity event in 1996, the legs of various officials were photographed as part of a "guess the leg" game. It was later revealed that the leg wearing fishnet stockings belonged to Downer.
This type of behaviour led former Prime Minister and political foe, Paul Keating, to call Downer "the idiot son of the establishment" .
So as a homage to aristocratic attempts at playing dress-ups, the (forthcoming) Spring Racing carnival, and silly hats I ask you to all rise and welcome Lord Downer!
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Hi, Detlef. I’ve missed your work since you moved to an RSS link free space.
Don’t be so critical of your stuff - I recognised the face as soon as I saw it, even before reading the text. As usual, you have provided lots to think about. Great stuff!
Posted by Robyn on 08.10.07 at 10.18am
HAHHAHHAHAAA!!! I love this one Detlef, Lord Downer only brings out the good stuff on special occasions. OH NO, that also applies to the appearance of ‘Democracy in Australia’
Posted by Anonymous on 13.10.07 at 08.46pm
I don’t know this man, but I must say the rendering is wonderful. I do so love the mix of graphite and colored pencil.
And the hat. Very sporty.
Posted by ottoblotto on 14.10.07 at 01.25am
Hilarious. It looks like the lord is getting clobbered by a velvet bow!
Posted by andrea on 26.10.07 at 09.00am
Ha ha! This is very funny. He does look silly with that big ribbon but he has nice thick hair.
Posted by Ces on 28.10.07 at 02.41am
Where can I buy a hat like this one for me? One in yellow colour, please!
You ARE funny.
Posted by Nash Chovek on 03.11.07 at 09.33pm
We all need the court jester…
Posted by W I L L I E B A R O N E T on 03.11.07 at 11.42pm
I don’t know who this person is but, I love the drawing!!!!
Posted by Heidi Saufferer on 05.11.07 at 08.02am