Barack Obama, 44th US President. by Stephen B. Whatley
President Barack Obama in a portrait tribute, painted days before the 2008 US Election by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley.
The photograph taken in the artist's London studio shows the montage of selected photographs that inspired the oil painting - including the TIME magazine cover of 2006. Coincidentally this painting would be published in the TIME magazine Person of The Year issue of Dec 2008-Jan 2009.
The original work of art is owned by an American property developer living in London, UK; but signed prints of the portrait can be ordered from the artist's website.
Last night, January 10, 2017, in Chicago, President Obama delivered a brilliant farewell speech to the nation, which the artist watched live on the BBC from London UK.
He stated that America was in a better place than 'when we started' - and reassured the US 'citizens' ('the office we all share'), maybe with a veiled reference to the impending change of Presidency, that 'change can only happen when ordinary people come together'; that 'democracy can buckle if we give into fear' and emphasised the need for 'solidarity' - that 'we are all in this together'. His last words: "God bless The United States of America"
Barack Obama. 2008
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24in/76 x 61cm
Private collection, London, UK
Barack Obama, 44th US President. by Stephen B. Whatley
President Barack Obama in a portrait tribute, painted days before the 2008 US Election by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley.
The photograph taken in the artist's London studio shows the montage of selected photographs that inspired the oil painting - including the TIME magazine cover of 2006. Coincidentally this painting would be published in the TIME magazine Person of The Year issue of Dec 2008-Jan 2009.
The original work of art is owned by an American property developer living in London, UK; but signed prints of the portrait can be ordered from the artist's website.
Last night, January 10, 2017, in Chicago, President Obama delivered a brilliant farewell speech to the nation, which the artist watched live on the BBC from London UK.
He stated that America was in a better place than 'when we started' - and reassured the US 'citizens' ('the office we all share'), maybe with a veiled reference to the impending change of Presidency, that 'change can only happen when ordinary people come together'; that 'democracy can buckle if we give into fear' and emphasised the need for 'solidarity' - that 'we are all in this together'. His last words: "God bless The United States of America"
Barack Obama. 2008
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24in/76 x 61cm
Private collection, London, UK