We are thrilled to be featured on this month’s cover of the Lighting Journal, along with an in-depth piece exploring our lighting techniques for Jonathan Yeo’s exceptional new portrait of King Charles.
Commissioned by The Drapers’ Company, the portrait shows King Charles in the Welsh Guards uniform, a regiment he has led since 1975. To illuminate the artwork, Philip Mould & Company enlisted TM Lighting.
We used six GalleryOneThirty (G130) track-mounted high CRI LED spotlights, providing 98+ CRI and a narrow 9-degree beam. Founding Director, Andrew Molyneux emphasised the importance of high CRI to accurately represent the nuanced colours and vibrant red hues.
The portrait’s tall stature and room geometry required careful positioning of lights to avoid glare, with gallery track lights placed to cross-light the artwork. The dominant reds posed an additional challenge. Molyneux noted the controversy over the red hues, explaining they lit the portrait between 3000K and 3500K due to the room’s daylight. This neutral light prevented over-saturation of the reds, ensuring the true colours were visible both in person and in photographs.