John David captured the 25-year-old essence of me very well. I'm proud to call him a Stallworth brother.
Rare are the people who can capture a human being.
To make money, I did portraits. The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded; The King dropped a tear in the Queen's ear, And all his pictures faded.
When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded
I love being a portraitist.
Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don't know.
Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.
I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I've been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I've tried to do landscapes a few times.
I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.
