A 'well hung' Parliament...

DAILY STAR Sunday, May 2, 2010
by CIARAN HANNAH 

THIS portrait of the country’s three main party leaders has been painted by another honourable member – the artist’s. Wacky Tim Patch, who calls himself Pricasso, used his willy to daub the faces of Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. The 58-year-old former brickie decided to offer British voters an intimate picture of the rival candidates.

Dad-of-four Tim said: “All three leaders are desperate to get up close and personal with the public, so I’ve given them the same treatment. “Brown and Cameron have seemed particularly keen to tell us about their private lives, so as far as I’m concerned they’re fair game. “It took a few hours to paint a piece I was happy with but by the end I felt it gave the right impression.

“I wanted to show the potential PMs in a new light. It’s not about making dicks of them. I’ve painted some of the world’s most respected statesmen so they should consider themselves in good company.” Tim, from Brisbane, Australia, has previously created uncanny likenesses of The Queen, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, 56, and a host of stars including Brad Pitt, 46.

He has been painting this way for five years and added: “It wasn’t easy at fi rst and a lot of people thought I’d completely lost the plot. “But now they can see method in my madness.”