President Trump’s Chosen Artist? A Christian Speed Painter.
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- At President Trump’s New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, he introduced Vanessa Horabuena, a speed painter, who created a painting inspired by the Shroud of Turin within 10 minutes.
- The painting, featuring a yellow cross contouring Jesus’s face on a black canvas, was auctioned for $2.75 million, with proceeds split between St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the local sheriff’s department.
- Speed painting is a growing art form combining performance and rapid portrait creation, popular in various events such as beauty pageants, corporate functions, and church gatherings.
- Horabuena describes her work as “live worship painting” and shared that her session with President Trump involved creating two religious paintings
