1.   And he did commissioned portraits.

2.   Brown said that perhaps Max should do portraits of San Francisco mayors to hang in City Hall, beginning with, of course, the present mayor.

3.   Bush feigned concern that a painter of birds would do his portrait.

4.   Fortunately for him, the wife of a Coca-Cola executive saw some of his paintings and commissioned him to do her portrait.

5.   Fortunately, just a few months before the accident that ended his life, Eleanor had insisted he have his portrait done.

6.   He defended their work in his critical writings, and they did portraits of him and illustrations for his books.

7.   He has also done portraits of former presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George Bush.

8.   He made a good living painting the dark trees, doing portraits, some from old photos, of Louisiana legends like Huey Long and his brother, Earl.

9.   He worked as an itinerant artist, doing mostly portraits and leaving his wife to support and raise their two sons.

10.   Her portrait was done by Mapplethorpe, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Artschwager, Christo, Robert Rauschenberg and, of course, Warhol.