Magnus McLeod's historical portrait of a Victorian Colonel, painted for the present-day Regiment. The uniform does not survive, but was perfectly re-created with assistance from the Regimental Museum

      

 

 

Magnus McLeod's historical portrait of a Victorian Colonel, painted for the present-day Regiment. The uniform does not survive, but was perfectly re-created with assistance from the Regimental Museum.My name is Magnus McLeod.  I paint commissioned portraits of loved ones, ancestors and pets, portraying physical features with perfect realism and revealing vividly personalityDetail shown full-size of the Colonel's uniform. and character.  I  paint electronically because electronic portraits come closest to perfection.  It also enables me to utilize the best source materials available.  For more information on my work and electronic painting, please click Text only.   To see an example of an historical portrait, produced after careful museum research, please click the thumbnail on the left.  For a full-size detail of part of the uniform, please click the thumbnail on the right.  Please bear in mind that these are very low resolution substitutes for the 71 MB TIFF original.  To see examples of my contemporary portraits, please click Mike, Harriet, Oohna or Leila.  For an example of a portrait showing the subject thirty years younger, please click Self-Portrait.  Two Dogs is a memorial portrait of two much-loved pets.  For further insights into my work, please click Sketch of the Artist's Wife.  For a practical example of what I mean by perfection, please click Miniature Armour.  For information on commissioning a portrait, please click Office.  To return to my Home Page, please click Home.