Want to capture a man’s soul? Draw his portrait.

Portrait is the best tribute; the most powerful tool for introspection, but only if the subject has the courage to confront himself.

I would like to imagine that the real reason Shepard Fairey could make such a huge killing with his mixed-media stencil of Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election, was that Fairey could capture the full longing in the eyes of the son of a Kenyan professor. If you look closely at that portrait, you’ll notice how deep Obama’s longing for the world’s highest office was; or how one man’s dream could change US history!