Bill Clinton

BILL CLINTON (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) served as the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001). Brought to you by Claydon Fine Arts.

BILL CLINTON – STIPPLE PORTRAIT

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton featured in this stipple portrait at 46 was the third-youngest president ever. Bill Clinton had become president at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby boomer in the White House. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has served as the United States Secretary of State since January 21, 2009. Each received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale Law School. Bill Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Some of his policies, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare reform, have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance, while on other issues his stance was left of center.

Bill Clinton presided over the continuation of the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history (which began two years before Bill Clinton took office). The Congressional Budget Office reported a budget surplus in 2000, the last full year of Bill Clinton’s presidency. After a failed attempt at health care reform, Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 1994, for the first time in forty years. Two years later, in 1996, Bill Clinton was re-elected and became the first member of the Democratic Party since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second full term as president.

Bill Clinton left office with the highest end-of-office approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II. Since then he has been involved in humanitarian work. Based on his philanthropic worldview, Bill Clinton created the William J. Clinton Foundation to promote and address international causes such as treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and global warming.


This detailed stipple portrait brought to you by Claydon Fine Arts was created by stipple artist Todd Claydon. Using over a million hand applied dots it took 4 – 5 months to complete.