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Nine-year-old Sebastian paints a portrait of his family home, unable to comprehend that it no longer exists after the powerful quake that shattered western Colombia this week.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the portrait, Lobga sits a few blocks from the U.N. on the red-carpet steps of a pricey Manhattan restaurant and is seemingly drawing attention to the sizable Tibet independence tattoo on his right arm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

It was also the first color portrait I had ever painted, and it reassured me I had a gift.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

But “Tony” isn’t a portrait of Bourdain as the venerated television host or the author of the bestselling 2000 book “Kitchen Confidential,” in the midst of his stint at Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Above the fireplace is a family portrait: Joseph, his younger brother, and a pretty blond woman who must be his mother.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

He opens a folder and takes out a stack of large photographs: portraits of prisoners.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

And both Mr. Ralph, as Mia’s husband, Barry, who is most seduced by dreams of tech millions, and Mr. Tippett as Paul give fine portraits of men on the cusp of middle-aged anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

At the Zurbatiyah crossing, large fans sprayed mist to cool the heat as pilgrims passed portraits of Khamenei, his son and successor Mujtaba, and other slain commanders from Iran's so-called "axis of resistance."

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Online users can log onto the webpage and browse through dozens of family portraits or a few oral interviews on the site, including that of the Gamboa family, which lived in the Bishop neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

They were still talking about pen-and-ink portraits and couldn't understand my desire to drag a heavy cash register through the forest.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris