You are a wonderful artist – US Prez Donald Trump praises Nigerian who painted his portrait

The president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has shower praises on a Nigerian ballpoint artist on social media for painting his official portrait.

The artist identified simply as Docks_Arts, has gained the approval and praise of President Trump after his portrait went viral.

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The Nigerian artist, who went on his Twitter handle @Doks_Arts to share the image, explained that it took him about 70 hours to work on it and achieve the final result.

He also tagged the US president and asked for followers to retweet till Trump sees it.

This is my second portrait of President Trump. This time I really want him to see it. All done in ballpoint, took up to 70hours, ’24×21′ inches. Please RT till the president sees this?? @realDonaldTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @POTUS” he tweeted.

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Fortunately for the young artist, his tweet caught the attention of the US president who was pleased with the drawing and claimed it was “fantastic”.

Trump retweeted the tweet containing the image and described him as a ‘wonderful artist’, advising him not to give up on his dreams.

Trump wrote:

Not only did I see it @Doks_Art, I think it is fantastic. You are a wonderful artist, never give up your dream!”

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