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In a cramped but colorful basement in a rowhouse near Mount Vernon Square, a cluster of journalists and other local professionals recently met for a typical DC activity—chatting about current affairs—and one much less common among local office workers: making art. They had gathered in the painting studio of Pablo Manríquez, a longtime Capitol Hill reporter who currently writes for.
Manríquez himself is relatively new to the hobby, having come to it unexpectedly. Three years ago, a misdelivered package from a paint-supply service showed up at his door with no name or address. Inside were a canvas and paint. Eventually, he decided to have a party in order to get rid of it, with guests each adding a couple brushstrokes to the canvas. He put the piece on his wall, and a friend asked if it was for sale. “That was like a sign,” Manríquez says.
Ever since, Manríquez has spent his free time on art. To develop his skills, he started painting the politicians he sees at work, starting with McConnell. These quickie congressional likenesses soon found a market: Manríquez says he’s now sold more than a hundred of them. Some he hawks at farmers markets, while others he sells online. Hill staffers like to buy them as gifts. A portrait of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s dog, Deco, has even found its way to her office.
At this year’s State of the Union address, Manríquez took on another new challenge: From a balcony overlooking Statuary Hall in the Capitol, hethe scene as people headed to the President’s speech. He was excited to be covering the event in this new way, but “I was conscious of people walking by,” he says. “People wear their Sunday best to the address, and I didn’t want paint to ruin their nice clothes.”The Hottest Sketch Artist at the Trump Trial Is . . .
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