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By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n His father\u2019s family has London roots and his cousin, Suzy Jakeman, is the director of projects and partnerships for London\u2019s Community Kitchen. The nonprofit works to end food waste and insecurity. Its CEO, Taz Khan, wanted to thank the king for his support with a portrait. <\/p>\n Men carry a portrait of King Charles III by Dallas artist Michael Shellis. The artist delivered the portrait to Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n Michael Shellis<\/p>\n The king champions sustainability and working with nature. He wrote a book about it called Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World. Shellis uses reclaimed materials in his work, so he was a natural fit. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been on this war path my entire life. \u2026 I just don\u2019t throw anything away. I reuse everything,\u201d Shellis said.<\/p>\n To make the work, he went to London and painted in a temporary studio. He combined painting with elements of collage, collecting flowers and leaves and dyeing them with used coffee grounds.<\/p>\n \u201cFor two and a half weeks I would, quote-unquote, sustainably, collect flowers from Hyde Park, meaning I\u2019d act like I\u2019m tying my shoelace and pick a few,\u201d Shellis said. \u201cI was able to find different pigments to build up the color of his face.\u201d<\/p>\n He salvaged a piece of wood from a dumpster for his canvas. <\/p>\n \u201cThe piece of wood I found, if anything, was a prime example of this was gonna get thrown away, and now it\u2019s a priceless piece of royal art, literally,\u201d Shellis said.<\/p>\n Epoxy resin glistens on a portrait of King Charles III by Dallas artist Michael Shellis.<\/p>\n Michael Shellis<\/p>\n Meeting the king felt surreal, he said, almost like he was transported into the animated Disney film Cinderella.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember thinking this was exactly like that, I just don\u2019t have a glass shoe on,\u201d Shellis joked. Shellis didn\u2019t know Charles is also an artist. He said it seemed the king, who paints with watercolors, took a keen interest in the process. <\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s such a warm person that I don\u2019t know what I was expecting, but the word class just kept ringing in my head; he just has so much class,\u201d Shellis said.<\/p>\n \u201cA big way of seeing class is somebody that is hospitable, kind and genuinely interested. You know, those people that are constantly looking over your shoulder when they\u2019re talking to you, trying to figure out who they\u2019re gonna talk to next? He\u2019s the opposite of that.\u201d<\/p>\n Shellis hopes his painting will be loaned to other countries and used to start conversations about sustainability. <\/p>\n The palace did not respond to a request for comment prior to publication.<\/p>\n \u201cI am absolutely pinching myself that I can now call the king a client and, hopefully, one day, a friend,\u201d Shellis said. <\/p>\n El Paso\u2019s arts leaders face the challenge of preserving the work of Magee and his multiple personas. <\/p>\n \u201cProfile in Ecstasy\u201d is the conceptual artist and designer\u2019s first solo museum show.<\/p>\n Arts Access is an arts journalism collaboration powered by The Dallas Morning News and KERA.<\/p>\n This community-funded journalism initiative is funded by the Better Together Fund, Carol & Don Glendenning, City of Dallas OAC, Communities Foundation of Texas, The University of Texas at Dallas, The Dallas Foundation, Eugene McDermott Foundation, James & Gayle Halperin Foundation, Jennifer & Peter Altabef and The Meadows Foundation. 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