He had a cover over an old portrait painting his old friend, Basil Hallward, had made for him. Although he looked young and prim, with his bright blue eyes, golden blonde hair, and full, scarlet lips, he had a sense of decay in his mind and soul, all shown by the portrait, but never displayed in his physical appearance. He wished to be young forever, and have the curse of his sin be on the painting, because of Basil Hallward’s friend, Lord Henry Wotton, telling Dorian that his youth would die.