Ralph Heimans, known for painting official portraits of the royal family, unveiled his likeness of the Visy boss on Wednesday.
is one of the world’s best-known portrait painters. He is adored by the royal family, having painted official portraits of, who tapped him to fashion his official prime ministerial portrait, which hangs in Parliament House.
So it was smiles all around at Visy’s Southbank headquarters in Melbourne when Heimans and Pratt dramatically peeled away the rich red curtain to reveal the grand scale painting of father and son strolling along the verandah of their fabled Kew mansion Raheen dressed in royal blue suits.
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