Why Michael Clarke’s girlfriend Pip Edwards didn’t like this portrait - NEWS.com.au

Pip Edwards, founder of PE nation, sat for a portrait by emerging artist Lauren Ferrier but her PR manager said the portrait should have been more youthful.Source:Supplied.

Lauren Ferrier asked the founder of activewear label P.E Nation, who’s dating former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke, to sit for the portrait she planned to enter in the prestigious Archibald Prize, only to be eventually told she’d made the 40-year-old look “older beyond her years”.

“Pip just needs visibility on the image first,” Ms Gaffikin had told her, copying Ms Edwards into the email.

Ferrier then clarified the signature was not for approval of the painting but after she sent it on anyway, she said she was met with another “disappointing” response.

Ms Gaffikin told her they would not be able to sign the consent form because Ms Edwards would not “align with the imagery”.

Ms Gaffikin claimed Ms Edwards hadn’t seen the image because she had her laptop, and asked Ferrier for a solution that would give her a “more youthful feel” before she showed her boss.

Ms Edwards pictured with boyfriend Michael Clarke.

While the form was signed and Ferrier was able to submit her painting for the competition, she told news.com.au it was unlikely the piece ever would have been displayed.

Ferrier said she was so proud of the painting and no longer viewed Ms Edwards in the same light.

Ms Edwards never responded on the final result of her portrait?

She was contacted by a woman on Instagram who said she was a fan of Ms Edwards’ and arranged to have the painting sent to her and receive the $400 afterwards.

Once they realised Ferrier did in fact have authority to sell the painting, the buyer went ahead with the purchase and told her that Ms Edwards was “comforted that the painting has been sold to someone loyal and who genuinely loves the brand”.

Ferrier said she believed something more was at play because Ms Gaffikin had followed her on Instagram after she posted the painting

Ms Gaffikin told news.com.au that Ms Edwards did not prevent the painting from being shown at the Archibald