Washington Post article

[SB Wang]

I'd like to see more statues of prominent writers, artists, scientists insteads of who has power.

[Alexandra Tyng]

Originally Posted by SB Wang

I'd like to see more statues of prominent writers, artists, scientists insteads of who has power.

SB, I couldn't agree more. I've always wondered why, as Joy Thomas says, you have to have a certain number of these political/governmental portraits in your portfolio before you are taken seriously. Not to diminish the importance of these people--but why are famous artists, musicians, writers, scientists, etc. not considered as "important?" Why would a commission to paint one of these people not be considered as important? Because really these people make the world a better place.

[SB Wang]

Thanks!
America is the world leader ae well as a young country. We have the first rate stars in these catagories. Our impressionists are better than many Freanch. Young artists here are amazing. Whenever I hear about Senator so-and- so stands there permanently, I think about Einstein and others.

[Michele Rushworth]

I'm the artist who was commissioned to create the portrait of the Commander of the US Coast Guard that the author mentioned, at just about half the price of the previous one, and much less than the $45K range that was often mentioned in the article for some of the other portraits. I guess I'm one of the newer artists who are charging less, as Alex noted.

The Coast Guard told me in advance that the Washington Post reporter might be calling me for an interview, but since my pricing didn't bolster his argument, he decided against it.