At one point, Sherald stopped painting for four years. So on canvas, all of a sudden, I'm making this political statement just because I'm painting brown skin. You know, it's like, I have to. And the way that it flowed around, it lay nicely around her feet. On Painting Michelle Obama In 2016 Amy Sherald won the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, from a pool of more than 2,500 artists
"She would soon have to put her brushes aside to care for sick relatives back home in Georgia. And then, I realized what my strength [is] -- I can get through stuff. "When she was 30 Sherald learned her heart was failing: "I had been walking around with my heart function at 18%, which is what most people get transplanted at. And her shoulders are exposed. We have "And so, I think her mind was really blown when they invested in my education and then, all of a sudden, I'm like, 'I want to be an artist.' And I think a lot of us feel like we aren't seen; or, we experience ourselves in the media in ways that aren't necessarily consistent to who we are. $600 in jobless benefits end: "An impossible situation"Biden to narrow VP list. After having waited tables and taken out loans, the commission to paint Michelle Obama was her big break.CBS News' Alex Wagner asked Sherald how game-changing this moment was for her. "I am relieved that I can pay back my school loans," Sherald said. ""I get emails from people that really connect to it from all over the world. Courtesy the artist, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago and Hauser & Wirth. "I was always drawing. "It was really dynamic - the bold patterns, to me, were beautiful," said Sherald. But don't expect a pick next weekJames Murdoch resigns from News Corp board over editorial differencesFlorida teen charged as "mastermind" behind massive Twitter hackAppeals court overturns death penalty for Boston Marathon bomberHurricane warning issued for parts of Florida as Isaias loomsEllen DeGeneres producers accused of sexual misconductThis student is on the way to college after stranger's donationBattleground Tracker: Latest polls, state of the race and more5 things to know about CBS News' 2020 Battleground TrackerBattleground Tracker: COVID reshapes presidential race in Sun BeltDNC hopes to reach more voters with new voter file model I like the fact that the colors that were in the dress were tertiary, you know, the pinks and kind of the mustard yellow, and that neutral gray. I like the fact that it was white. But I really wanted her to be, not bigger-than-life, but life-sized. I think a lot of people were expecting me to make this portrait that was chopped off right above the knee. I think a lot of people were expecting me to make this portrait that was chopped off right above the knee. "I have a lot of self-doubt. And so, it wasn't until I discovered photography that I saw images of myself that were outside of the dominant historical narrative where I could connect myself to a history that was connected to love, and just not the small narrative that we get in our history books, you know? When she finally went to National Portrait Gallery, she's like, 'You're kind of a big deal!'" New York, Los Angeles, Zurich, London, Somerset, Central, St. Moritz, Zürich, Gstaad, SouthamptonNew York, Los Angeles, Zurich, London, Somerset, Central, St. Moritz, Zürich, Gstaad, SouthamptonThey call me Redbone but I’d rather be Strawberry Shortcake, 2009What's precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American), 2017They call me Redbone but I’d rather be Strawberry Shortcake, 2009What's precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American), 2017They call me Redbone but I’d rather be Strawberry Shortcake, 2009What's precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American), 2017A woman from the Surma tribe, Ethiopia, 2003-2004; printed in 2015L'arte fa perché è storia e mondo (Art does because it is history and world), 2009A woman from the Surma tribe, Ethiopia, 2003-2004; printed in 2015L'arte fa perché è storia e mondo (Art does because it is history and world), 2009A woman from the Surma tribe, Ethiopia, 2003-2004; printed in 2015L'arte fa perché è storia e mondo (Art does because it is history and world), 2009"FADE IN: INT. "I did photograph her facing forward. Courtesy the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago. I feel like the black body is a political statement in itself, right? I think a lot of people were expecting me to make this portrait that was chopped off right above the knee.
Amy Sherald, The Bathers, 2015, Oil on canvas, 72 x 67 inches. ""I didn't want to do the obvious.