Esquire magazine ran a photospread about Mister Rogers. The cover of the magazine showed a picture of Fred Rogers and asked, "Can you say hero?" I have no idea if Mister Rogers is a hero or not, but he has aged beautifully, and has many crinkles and folds and wrinkles for me to play with.

I enjoy old faces. There's so much character, so much to work with. Their lives are stamped into their skin. I tend to do more portraits of men than women because whenever they show an old woman in the media, they airbrush out all the good stuff. At least, what I consider to be the good stuff.

I like the way the paint samples have curled over time, giving the work an interesting texture. I had a lot of gold coloured samples, and no idea what to do with them, so I worked them into this portrait. Besides, we all know Mister Rogers is actually made of solid gold.

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