It was this painting on a museum wall that Amy Cherald says changed her life. She saw it on a class trip to the City Art Museum in Columbus, Georgia when she was a teenager. It was painted by an American artist named Bo Bartlett.>> There was a figure in it that was an image of a black man and I realized in that moment that I had never seen a black person in a painting before. >> In any painting you had not seen in any painting. What did you think.>> I thought I want to do this too. You knew in that moment y ...

It's a moment. >> Her paintings are portraits, but not in the traditional sense. The people in them are real, but their names are rarely used.She's cast them in a visual story all her own. >> The process starts with a photograph. After I randomly come across some person that I'd like to say like my energy recognizes their energy or there's something there, right.and just kind of hold it like you're they come to the studio and either I already have a vision in my head of what I want to create or they are the ...

Does it feel different to have somebody else's heart. >> It doesn't anymore, but it does. I'd say for like the first 5 years.>> Wow. For 5 years. >> Yeah.You think about it a lot. I have moments where I think of her and usually when I'm doing something that I wouldn't have been able to do. So, like whenever that happens, I have on my Instagram account, I hashtag it adventures of Christ and Amy >> so that I can mark all the big moments and include her in those moments.And when I sign my name, I put a little ...

Do you ever think this is not going to work out. >> Yeah. But I couldn't give up.Like I always say, the world is full of quitters and most people don't want the discomfort and most people don't want the risk. So if I kept at it, then eventually something would have to. ...

This is the grayscale that I paint from uh when I'm doing the skin. >> Skin color in her portraits is something Cheryl has given a lot of thought to. If you hadn't noticed, she doesn't use brown or black.She paints her subject's skin in shades of gray. >> Right now, we're in the midtone phase where I'm still shaping the face. >> At first, she says she just liked the way the gray looked.It reminded her of old family photographs she grew up with. This one is of her maternal grandmother. >> You want somebody t ...

Before we left her studio, Cheryl showed us this model made in preparation for the now cancelled exhibition of American Sublime at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. >> You get to see how it flows and then what kind of story is telling as the viewer walks through. She told us she backed out of the show in July after learning Smithsonian officials were concerned about this painting of a trans person posing as the Statue of Liberty and wanted to display it alongside a video they said would, in their ...

Social Commentary & Identity - The document asserts that Black people are deeply ingrained in the fabric of the United States and have been present since its inception [1] - The document suggests that Black people's contributions are essential to the country's existence [1] - The document implies a reclamation of patriotism, refusing to cede its definition to others [1]

Artwork & Exhibition Overview - Artist's ambitious triptych "Ecclesia" was a centerpiece at the Whitney Museum of American Art [2] - "Ecclesia" was previously displayed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [3] - The artist considers a recently finished piece as potentially pointing towards a future direction [4] Artistic Process & Future Direction - The creation of a specific piece took half a year [1] - The artist feels like they are starting over at 52 years old after emptying their mental "rolodex" of ideas accumulated over 20 years [5] - The artist expresses confidence in their ability to create aesthetically pleasing paintings [5] Interpretation & Appreciation - The curator appreciates the ambiguity of whether figures are on land or over water in the artwork [3] - The artwork is described as heavenly, with exceptional color, facial expressions, and light, representing a masterclass in painting light and shadow [3][4] - The artwork is considered the pinnacle of the exhibition [4]

Amy Cheryl calls herself a glass half full kind of person. There is this optimism to her. We saw in her studio.She had stills from Stranger Things from ET uh from a Wes Anderson movie. She even references Teletubbies as a program she likes to watch or has liked to watch. Something about the sort of that blue sky of of the Teletubbies and that that happy world.To me, I see a lot of optimism >> on the canvas. Are you that optimistic. >> For me, it's the only way to live. The only way that I know how to surviv ...

Judge James Booseberg called a hearing and asked government lawyer Drew Enen whether the planes were leaving that weekend. And Enson says to Boseberg, "I don't know." Now, Enen was at the same meeting that I was at the day before where we were told in no uncertain terms that planes were taking off over the weekend, that those planes needed to take off no matter what. And he says, "I don't know." Ruaney says that moment in court was stunning.>> It is the highest most egregious violation of a lawyer's code of ...