It looks very impresive up close. From an article: "The oil-on-canvas painting shows Ventura outdoors, under a darkened sky, determined and purposeful. He's depicted in a dark suit, red-white-and-blue tie. Pinned to his lapel are his Navy SEAL team insignia and his Navy "jump wings." The background of the painting depicts a distant Minneapolis skyline and the Minnesota state Capitol building. It also features the light-rail transit line that Ventura championed during his four years in office. Ventura rests his hand on a version of Auguste Rodin's sculpture, The Thinker. During his run for governor, Ventura posed in the sculpture's famous chin-on-fist position to contrast with his reputation as "the Body." Ventura chose his long-time friend and former tag-team wrestling partner, Stephen Cepello, to produce the portrait. Cepello says the former governor's only request was to include his Naval insignia and to keep the painting dignified. Cepello says the other allegorical flourishes were based on his 25-year friendship with Ventura. "I sat in front of my easel, and I pondered: Was this to be a memorial? Or maybe a stay of mortality? Or a testimony to a fiercely independent personality of my friend Jesse? I chose them all," he said."
