Former US President Barack Obama joked about his ears and gray hair and praised his wife Michelle Obama's "hotness" at the unveiling of the couple's official portraits at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Monday. The Obamas tapped artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald for the paintings, which will be added to the National Portrait Gallery's collection of presidential portraits. For his portrait by Wiley, Obama is depicted sitting in a brown chair with a backdrop of bright green leaves and colourful flowers. Obama, who was the first African-American US president, complimented Sherald for her portrait of Michelle. The Portrait Gallery's tradition of commissioning presidential portraits began with President George H.W.

Source: dna February 13, 2018 01:09 UTC