I intend no political implications with this post at all. But for those who were as curious as I about the recent news that Donald Trump had paid $20,000 for a 6-foot tall portrait of himself using his Foundation's funds, turns out it was done by Michael Isreal, who bills himself as a "speed painter." Israel does his work at charity events as a performance. The Trump portrait was completed at a fund-raiser at Trump's Mar al Lago resort in Florida.
http://www.michaelisrael.com/