The deeper I get into the Power Portraits 1965-1989 project, the greater the sense of turmoil. This week, I’ve portrayed “junk bond king” Michael Milken, Civil Rights activists and feminists Coretta Scott King and Betty Friedan, u-turning Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Vatican 2 architect Pope Paul VI, and cold warriors Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon.
I’ve also thrown some new techniques into the mix, including angle brushes and ink washes.
See all the Power Portraits 1965-1989 in the Flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/swizzlestudio/sets/7215763266088725
Richard M. Nixon, confident in his legacy.
Pope Paul VI, architect of Vatican 2
Civil Rights leader, Coretta Scott King