This is a portrait bust of the longest serving Whitehouse press secretary to former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush Senior. He is now a novelist. We exchanged a lively and stimulating correspondence by e-mail during the construction of his portrait, which reminded me so much of the book '84 Charing Cross Road', cataloguing a similar Transatlantic exchange. He sent me a moving, heartfelt, and appreciative letter on receiving his portrait. He called it "the most wonderful, remarkable, magnificent, rewarding portrait imaginable." He is an exceptional man of great humour and high intellect.

The portrait reflects the contrast of his more conventional and strategic nature with the informality of the check-shirt and jeans element about him. This is expressed by the relatively tight modelling around the centre of his face and the tie, becoming more loosely modelled in the surrounding area. He chose to be portrayed without his glasses. It is on a bronze base.