Heath’s final portrait unveiled

Artist Vincent Fantauzzo has unveiled Heath Ledger’s final portrait.

The last painting of Heath Ledger, worked on just weeks before the actor met his tragic death, has been unveiled. Australian artist Vincent Fantauzzo has finished the powerful portrait and talked about his experience with the actor creating it. “The image was an idea we discussed together and came up with. It was about how we all have different consciences and voices in our head that tell us what to do and how to react. They’re not good or bad, they’re just voices that we hear, telling us how to behave. That’s what the other figures are in the painting.” According to the artist, the idea for the portrait had been years in the making, “Heath was very private. He never let anyone paint him for that reason, because he felt it was quite a personal thing, to be painted. I think Heath was really feeling quite comfortable with himself recently, so it was easy to do it this time around. He gave me a call [in December] and said he was in Perth so I jumped on a plane right away, and that’s where we did the painting. It’s a real shame, because I never let people see a painting until it’s completely finished. I had been text-messaging photos to all our friends, and he was the only one who didn’t get to see it.”

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