Enjoying a Joke

This is another portrait from the book Images of Greatness by Pete Souza. This is 12×16 pastel pencils on toned paper. The caption says:

“The president laughs while swapping stories with the ‘fellas’ during an afternoon of chores. The ranch was the one place where the proverbial bird was let out of his cage. He always insisted that his trips to the ranch weren’t really vacations, but rather ‘a change of scenery.’ From what I observed, the ranch was certainly a place where he reinvigorated himself.”

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. — Ronald Reagan