David Cameron portrait put on hold

Jonathan Yeo, the painter son of former Tory cabinet minister Tim Yeo, is having difficulty with his latest commission, an official portrait of the Conservative leader David Cameron (pictured). The problem, according to the Daily Telegraph, is that Yeo can't quite capture the sitter's personality. Says a source close to the artist: "Jonathan has been working on his picture for the past six months but he just isn't happy with what has emerged. He had planned to unveil the work this autumn, but he has just abandoned it. He didn't feel he had 'got' Cameron. He is now starting off a a whole new picture of him and hopefully he will be able to unveil it in the New Year."

So what is the real problem? The Telegraph believes that Yeo's problems are down to Cameron's face being bereft of strong features – someone did once unkindly liken it to a deflated whoopee cushion – making it difficult to communicate his personality on canvas.

Perhaps Cameron should at least be pleased Yeo is not giving him the same treatment as Gordon Brown, whose likeness he controversially created out of cut-out sections of pornographic magazines.