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“Although I am not
old enough to have seen him during his lifetime, I hold the life work of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. in high regard. It would be easy to paint a “heroic”
portrait of Dr. King giving one of his great speeches, but I wanted to
portray his personality over his deeds,” says Dan. “I handled this piece as
if I had been asked to paint his portrait. I knew he had a number of images
of Gandhi about his home and chose to incorporate this detail. Hopefully,
what I’ve created is a tribute to a force of politics, preaching and
praise—as well as Martin, the man.” |