{"id":343,"date":"2010-08-18T10:12:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/?p=343"},"modified":"2010-10-19T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T17:07:37","slug":"%e2%80%9cof-great-and-mortal-men-43-songs-for-43-us-presidencies%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/343","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend, Jefferson Pitcher, asked me to contribute a portrait to his gorgeous three-disc CD package, &#8220;Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies&#8221; by J. Matthew Gerken, Christian Kiefer, and Jefferson Pitcher (Standard Recordings, 2008). It comes with a book, showcasing a portrait for each President. Lots of great art.<\/p>\n<p>You can read about the project <a href=\"http:\/\/ofgreatandmortalmen.wordpress.com\/\">HERE! <\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can buy the CD at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Great-Mortal-Men-Songs-Presidencies\/dp\/B001E7XG1I\">AMAZON.COM!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was given a few choices for a President I could do. I was on the fence between drawing Coolidge and Cleveland. There&#8217;s a fantastic shot of Coolidge on the farm, in overalls and a silly hat, with a scythe or something, whacking at grass. And I was so tempted to use that pose. But I ultimately chose Cleveland for some reason. I was transfixed by a portrait Eastman Johnson painted, in particular with Cleveland&#8217;s face (that expression!) and his delicate, pudgy hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/pres.cleveland.portrait.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I referenced the image for my portrait, but just took the parts I was interested in &#8211; the face and the hands &#8211; and truncated the rest to fit in a square &#8220;CD case&#8221; format.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/president_cleveland.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>I was working on the piece at DragonCon 2007, and Frank Brunner (sitting at the table next to me) looked over my shoulder and commented on the strange hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend, Jefferson Pitcher, asked me to contribute a portrait to his gorgeous three-disc CD package, &#8220;Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies&#8221; by J. 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