Bill Dotson @ The Butler Art Institute (#4)

Dotson, a Youngstown native, will be at the museum every day in February — Black History Month — as he works on a portrait of President Obama. The announcement was made Wednesday morning at the Butler in an event that included Mayor Jay Williams and representatives from Rep. Tim Ryans office. Dotson is known for his unusual ink-on-paper style. He glues a black ink pen to the end of a 7-inch stick and scribbles in a constant circular motion, the pen never leaving the paper. What emerges are amazingly accurate portraits that, from a distance, have the quality and verisimilitude of a retouched black-and-white photograph.

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