What’s Boris painting? PM sparks hilarious social media reaction
What’s Boris painting? PM sparks hilarious social media reaction as he mimics Churchill and paints a picture during Marbella holiday
The Prime Minister appeared to be making the most of his holiday last nightHe was putting paint to canvas at a Marbella estate with a sea-facing balcony Social media users let their imaginations run wild over what the PM was painting
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The Prime Minister appeared to be making the most of his holiday last night as he was seen painting on the terrace of his Spanish Costa getaway.
Boris Johnson was seen at Zac Goldsmith’s £25,000-a-week estate in the hills above Marbella wearing a crinkled white shirt with a carefree look on his face as he put paint to canvas in an easel set up on the sea-facing balcony.
Social media users have now let their imaginations run wild over what exactly Mr Johnson was painting.
Cinephile: One Twitter user imagined that the Prime Minister could be painting this avid Matrix fan wielding his katana and trenchcoat combo beside the film’s poster
Abstract: Another thought the PM could be creating a piece with a more modern twist, focusing more on emotional expression and less on real world objects
I want to bee prime minister: Could Mr Johnson have been painting a version of this wasp-like creature on his Spanish holiday?
The real me: One Twitter user thought the PM might have been creating a new werewolf-type persona which also appears to have vampire-style fangs
Simple: Perhaps Mr Johnson stuck simply to one colour on a blank canvas for a more minimalistic approach
Another social media user suggested that Mr Johnson could have been painting a bus
One Twitter user imagined that the PM was painting American technology entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri
Simple: Boris Johnson is seen in this post creating a bare bones sketch of a horse
One Twitter user said that Mr Johnson was ‘hoping’ we would compare him to Winston Churchill, who was an avid painter
Submissions for what the PM could have been painting include a werewolf persona, a wasp, random colours, and a bus.
While Mr Johnson insists he remains working to solve Britain’s growing problems, he has been seen lounging around on the terrace of the luxury property with his hands behind his head.
He was also last night seen sketching an image of the sun setting over the Mediterranean Sea from the Andalusian hillside.
Mr Johnson appears to share the hobby with his political hero, Sir Winston Churchill – a keen amateur artist himself, having created more than 500 paintings.
His appreciation for such artwork may have also stemmed from his late mother, Charlotte Johnson Wahl, who was a painter.
Boris Johnson paints with children during a visit to The Discovery School in West Malling, Kent, in 2020
Boris Johnson sits and paints Tulips with children from Colham Manor primary school during a constituency visit on March 18, 2021 in Uxbridge
It was revealed ahead of Carrie’s move into No10 that Mr and Mrs Johnson relax by spending their evenings painting together, with some of their pieces hanging on the walls of her flat in South London.
The PM had sheltered from the 30 degree sunshine during the day but emerged as the temperature dropped.
The premier has faced criticism over the timing of his trip abroad, amid Britain’s continued fuel and energy crisis, along with the publication of a scathing report that laid bare a string of failures ministers made in handling the coronavirus pandemic.
But No10 and Government figures have defended his right to take a holiday this week, with Security Minister Damian Hinds saying it was ‘important for the whole country’ that its political leader has time to switch off.
He has also been spotted working at his laptop in between periods of relaxation and is being kept regularly updated on the ongoing work to address the current issues around fuel and supply chains, according to his spokesman.
Mr Johnson’s mother, who died last month following a long battle with Parkinson’s, had been described as an ‘astonishing self-taught artist’.
Ms Johnson Wahl painted stars such as Joanna Lumley and was hailed as the ‘supreme authority’ in the PM’s family.
Sir Winston Churchill used painting as a helpful tool for battling his bouts of depression triggered by the disastrous Gallipoli campaign in the First World War in 1915
Mr Johnson appears to share the hobby with his political hero, Sir Winston Churchill – a keen amateur artist himself, having created more than 500 paintings
Art had been a love of hers since her childhood, revealing to Tatler that her parents gifted her a set of oil paints when she was five.
‘I could handle them well and I immediately began to paint, without instruction. It was something I could make my own and be clever at. None of the others could paint’, she said.
She would go on to hold sell-out art shows in Brussels in the late 1970s, balancing her passion with home-schooling her four children.
The mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1982, aged 40, but was still determined to continue her career as an artist.
Speaking to the Telegraph in 2008, she said: ‘I try to paint every day if I possibly can, though I have to go to the hospital a lot.
‘I still manage to paint, though my arm will suddenly do a movement which is completely unintentional and that almost brings me to tears.’
She is said to have completed more than 2,000 pieces in her career and was the subject of an exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London in 2015.
Meanwhile, Britain’s wartime leader had an essay, ‘Painting as a Pastime’, published in The Strand Magazine in December 1921, highlighting how the hobby impacted on his career and life.
Sir Winston used painting as a helpful tool for battling his bouts of depression triggered by the disastrous Gallipoli campaign in the First World War in 1915.
He started off doing watercolours and then turned his attention to producing oil works, but was initially reluctant to part with them because he doubted their quality.
Mr Johnson has frequently taken advantage of photo opportunities to show off his artistic skills, picking up paintbrushes on visits to at least three primary schools over the last 18 months.
But while the PM took to his easel again this evening, pressure continued to grow on No10, with concerns remaining over the extent of the fuel and energy crisis which crippled the nation in recent weeks.
Industry bosses insisted tonight that petrol shortages are still serious in London and the South East – with 10 per cent of forecourts remaining empty.
