Trump portrait artist says career is in peril after president accuses her of distorting his likeness

The artist who painted a portrait of President Donald Trump for the Colorado State Capitol said that reviews of her work have "changed for the worst" since Trump accused her of distorting his image and that her livelihood is "in danger of not recovering."

The artist who painted a portrait of President Donald Trump for the Colorado State Capitol said that reviews of her work have "changed for the worst" since Trump accused her of distorting his image and that her livelihood is "in danger of not recovering."

Sarah Boardman said in a statement Saturday that the portrait she was commissioned for in 2019 was approved throughout her artistic process by the Colorado State Capitol Advisory Committee. In the six years it had hung in Denver, Boardman insisted she'd gotten "overwhelmingly" positive feedback it.

That changed after Trump demanded on Truth Social that the portrait be taken down on March 23, insisting his likeness "was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before."

The portrait was removed the next day and placed in storage after Republican leadership requested that it be taken down, a spokesperson for Colorado House Democrats said.

Boardman denied the allegation, saying the work was completed without "political bias, or any attempt to caricature the subject, actual or implied."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-portrait-artist-says-career-in-peril-rcna199899

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