The author of a portrait criticized by Donald Trump speaks

Sarah A. Boardman, the author of the controversial portrait of Donald Trump, is afraid that her career is threatened. The artist questions the allegations of the US president that “intentionally distorted” his image.

Donald Trump At the end of March, he bluntly criticized his portrait, which hung – next to other presidents – in the State Capitol building in Colorado since 2019. He stated that the artist who painted him “had to lose his talent with age” and demanded from the governor a picture of the picture. He also accused the painter that she deliberately distorted his appearance. He wrote about the case on Truth Social.

Artist with endangered business

The author of the picture, Sarah Boardman, referred to the matter in April. In her opinion, criticism from Trump undermined her “intentions, honesty and skills” artistic and threatened her career – writes “Guardian”. She added that she had made a portrait exactly, without “deliberate distortion”, political bias or any attempts to caricatize a person, real or alleged. “

She also stated that although she did not deprive Trump of the right to comment on her work, “additional accusations that she deliberately distorted the portrait” and the sentence that she was to lose talent with age, have a “direct and negative impact” on her activities, which has been going on for over 41 years. In her opinion, her work is now threatened and may not have a chance to rebuild her business.

Boardman also said that for the first six years after painting the portrait she received mostly positive reviews. After the comments from Trump, this was to change for worse.

In 2019, she talked about her work with the “Colorado Times Recorder”. She admitted then that presidents will always get angry on one or the other, because “this is human nature.”

Portrait removed

According to the New York Times, the executive committee of the Legislative Council in Colorado decided in March to remove the portrait of Donald Trump from the state of the Capitol. Paul Lundeen, a member of the Republican Party, applied for this, sitting on her behalf in the Senate of Colorado. The Democratic Party, which in Colorado controls both chambers of parliament, accepted this conclusion.

According to the American newspaper, it is not certain where the image will be moved now. However, the official ordinance ordering the removal of a portrait indicates that “it will be stored in a safe and appropriate place.”