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Blue Abe, 2009
Hunt Slonem
Hunt Slonem's fascination with President Lincoln began with a curiosity about Mary Todd Lincoln's use of psychic mediums to hold seances at the White House. This interest led him to paint a group of portraits of Mrs. Lincoln in 2001. Over the past seven years, Shonem has worked with a psychic healer, through whom he says President Lincoln began speaking to him and guiding his art. It was during these sessions that Lincoln told him to paint doves, which initiated an abundant new series of bird-related paintings. Although not his primary focus, he continues to paint a variety of Lincoln portraits. |