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Hi, Peg, i like the merging of nature with the non-nature of the black suit. Obama immersed in both, that's what i see. Guess you know
bright and prominent backgrounds are a feature of Kehinde Wiley's portraits .. http://linesandcolors.com/2012/07/12/kehinde-wiley/ .

As the pair were unique in their positions the portraits were always going to be not of the norm ..

In the portrait Wiley painted, Obama is shown in a garden of sorts, with bright green flowers that cover the edges of his legs and arms, almost threatening to consume him. The ornately carved chair that the former president sits on is perhaps a recognition of the dual role that Obama has played, navigating between a black community and the trappings of power in the White House that historically excluded it.

Amy Sherald painted Michelle Obama as a glamour icon: a slightly curious role for a Princeton-educated lawyer that reflects the often unthreatening position Michelle Obama was at times forced to adopt. But it gets across the core of the Michelle Obama mystique: her sheer regal character. There she is, perched as upon a fashion-forward throne of her own making, with an inscrutable and yet approachable face.
https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/obama-portraits-a-departure-from-the-country-clubhouse-norm-of-presidential-art-1.704256

The beauty of art is that they are open to all sorts of interpretations. lol