Artist Kaya Mar and his satirical paintings of David Cameron, George Osborne and other politicians have become a regular fixture at major political and legal events such as the budget announcement and the Leveson Inquiry.
Originally a landscape and portrait painter, Mar was encouraged to produce satirical paintings during a portrait session with the late Labour politician Tony Benn. He has been producing and displaying his political paintings since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition was formed in May 2010.
Born to Spanish parents, he grew up in Turkey and came to Britain nearly 40 years ago. He describes himself as "as left wing but not a militant". Mar's website features more of his paintings, many of which are for sale.
Kay a Mar carries two recent paintings out of his garden studio: Two Lame Ducks (2015) and Will Cameron Grasp the Serpent to Save Himself? (2015)Rob Stothard/Getty imagesKaya Mar displays a painting of David Cameron and Angela Merkel, titled EU Renegotiation? Kiss My Bum (2014), outside Downing Street, where the two leaders were due to meet, on January 7, 2015Rob Stothard/Getty imagesKaya Mar stands with his painting Lady Godiva on Her Borrowed Police Horse (2011) on February 19, 2014 outside the Old Bailey, where Rebekah Wade and Andy Coulson were standing trial on phone hacking allegationsOli Scarff/Getty ImagesKaya Mar shows off We're All In This Together (2012) outside the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre following the publishing of the Leveson Inquiry on November 29, 2012Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesMargaret Thatcher's Funeral – Poor and Rich Going in Opposite DirectionsOli Scarff/Getty ImagesKaya Mar poses with Saint Kate (2013) and The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Austerity Britain (2012) outside the Lindo Wing of Saint Mary's Hospital in London, on July 12, 2013, ahead of the birth of Prince GeorgeCarl Court/AFPKaya Mar shows off his portrait of Alex Salmond, called The Pope of Scotland (2014)Rob Stothard/Getty imagesBoris's IQ Test (2013) and Don Quixote Tilting at EU Windmills (2014) outside the venue of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham on September 29, 2014Leon Neal/AFPKaya Mar displays a painting of George Osborne outside Downing Street on March 19, 2014 before the Chancellor delivered his budget statementBethany Clarke/Getty ImagesWaving Red Herrings While Losing the Triple-A (2013)Matthew Lloyd/Getty ImagesKaya Mar displays I'm In Control (2013) near Downing Street on December 5, 2012 ahead of Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn StatementPeter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesKaya Mar displays Public Sector, Death by a Thousands Cuts (2012) in a garden shed at his home in EalingRob Stothard/Getty imagesKaya Mar displays a portrait of David Cameron, titled Drowning In The UK Flood (2014)Rob Stothard/Getty images
