Journal

Ink · September 8, 2026 Hands, Not Prompts Every original at Political Portraits is drawn by a person, on paper, on camera. In a feed of generated faces, that is the whole argument. Mixed Media · September 3, 2026 The 47 Series: Six Sittings With the Same Face A president is not one likeness. He is a stack of them. Marker and ink, six times, until the graphic structure starts talking. Ink · August 27, 2026 The New Court: Ink Portraits of Influence Power no longer only lives in the Oval. It lives in podcasts, funds, and faces you recognize before you know the title. Graphite · August 19, 2026 What Graphite Remembers That Color Forgets Pencil is slow, erasable, and unforgiving in a different way. Some public faces belong in that quiet. Mixed Media · August 11, 2026 How to Collect Political Art Without a Gallery Budget A 4×6 original is not a print, a sticker, or a screenshot. It is the whole drawing, at a size you can actually live with. Ink · August 4, 2026 A More Grotesque Version of Their Best Selves Political celebrity is a costume. The drawing is where the costume slips — or gets cinched tighter. Mixed Media · July 22, 2026 Drawn at the Portrait Gallery: Nixon in Marker and Ink Some portraits are copied from photos. This one was made in the room where the official story of the presidency hangs. Ink · July 15, 2026 Red Ink and a Familiar Ear A news image wants to be the last word. An expressive portrait has to keep the face from becoming only the event.