Ariel Isaacs: FDR by Tina Mion

This is a portrait of FDR by Tina Mion. We have a couple of her pieces in our house, and she is a family friend. She did a series of all the presidents as cards in a deck, though this president is not from that series. Here, she shows FDR as four stills from an old movie, and his cigarette gets shorter and shorter until, in the last frame, it is out. I really like this painting (it is a painting, oil on canvas, no photoshop involved) because it expresses time in a unique way, and this era in american history in a very powerful way. FRD slowly ages from frame to frame, as the american people and that era of history ages with him. I think that it is a very unique and creative way to portray a president.