“Although I am not old enough to have seen him during his lifetime, I hold the life work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in high regard. It would be easy to paint a “heroic” portrait of Dr. King giving one of his great speeches, but I wanted to portray his personality over his deeds,” says Daniel Dos Santos. “I handled this piece as if I had been asked to paint his portrait. I knew he had a number of images of Gandhi about his home and chose to incorporate this detail. Hopefully, what I’ve created is a tribute to a force of politics, preaching and praise—as well as Martin, the man.”