Powerful Picture

this image in my own opinion is powerful because it represents the compassion for a person in need of something. It is powerful due also to the contrast between the two hands. But yet there is also a bringing together of two people from two different sides of the world. IT is  a portrait, because two people are represented or people are represented even through their hands.

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This is obviously a family portrait of the the Obama family. This family portrait is sort of formal but more realized due to the posing and body language between the children and the parents. There clothing is casual and you can tell that the daughter in the green has a closer relationship with her dad, and then the daughter in the blue has a closer relationship to her mother. It is outdoors, so it contributes to the idea that they seem like a relaxed family, and they are adventurous.

Concept or Literal

This fits into the literal category in my eyes, because it represents who he is as  a person. It's more realistic in explaining his status and what he loves to do due to the paint brushes and easel.


This painting fits into the concepts less expected way of expecting him to be portrayed. He is portrayed unusually with his hair over his forehead and his eyes not fully visible, and dark which has a concept behind it of darkness or shadows.