In 2013 my friend Tony Blinken went to work at the White House. He told me he needed art for his walls in his new office and I offered to paint him something. I was going to paint a portrait of Obama, but in a burst of some kind of superstitiousness, I didn’t want to paint a political figure I really believed in, and instead became obsessed with the idea of painting only the worst past presidents. For reference I found a list made by U.S. News & World Report. I didn’t get to everyone on the list, and recently when I started painting again. I included some First Ladies (irrespective of their quality). For the record, Tony declined to have a portrait of Millard Fillmore on his wall, and I can’t say I blame him.
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