Getting to paint a portrait of high profile individuals is remarkable to do for a painter, not to mention when it is one that involves painting a former elected office holder of the United States' top job.
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will both be getting official portraits from a pair of renowned painters, whose collection of works are iconic and justice seeking oriented.
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| Kehinde Wiley doing his painting craft a pic of which he posted to IG with a caption: Another work in progress |
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Complex revealed the pair as New York-based Kehinde Wiley and Los Angeles-born Amy Sherald, both have been contacted to do a painting of the former First couple - the former would work on President Barack Obama and the later would do that of the former FLOTUS Michelle.
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| One of Los Angeles-based painter Amy Asherald collections |
Wiley is known to draw his inspirations from hip hop and have done portraits of some high profile artist such as Swizz Beatz, Ice T, LL Cool J and some others, while collections Sherald's works have been seen in locations such as The United States Embassy in Dakar, Senegal and some others.
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