The Admiral

[Tom Edgerton]

This is the retiring Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He wanted to stress his relationship with the midshipmen in the work.

I'd wanted to attempt depicting deeper space than in most of my portraits. I was inspired by three great paintings, among others: Las Meninas by Velasquez, Nelson Shanks' portrait of Pope John Paul II, and Alex Tyng's portrait of Dr. Papadakis.