article_snippet: and it does two things,' Shanks told Philly.com.
article_snippet: Shanks's most famous works include Princess Diana, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Luciano Pavarotti.
article_snippet: Ronald Reagan works spanned political and religious leaders, musicians and composers, actors and more.
article_snippet: Shanks (right is a realist whose keen observation skills can be seen in Shanks (right paintings that have an acute sense of detail, with wrinkles on hands and creases in pants.
article_snippet: In 2009 the artist was awarded the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Portrait Society of America, while in 2011 Shanks (right was voted an honorary member into the Russian Academy for Shanks (right works of art.