famous the peacemakers oil painting. you can feel him internalizing this idea that i m now part of this club. exactly. nancy, you ve been around. were you surprised at his openness, the graciousness that appears in this piece? i was completely surprised by the atmosphere in the oval office. the single most valuable asset is the president s time. and any president, that time is managed down to the half minute. if you are shooting a portrait of the president, and they say you have two minutes, they mean two minutes. and in this case, the completely free form improvisational open-ended nature of it. you walk into the oval office lots of people there. moving in and out. you know affirmation for him. unlike any west wing operation that i ve ever seen. i remember, he kept asking me, you ever been in the oval office? you ever been in the portico or