George Pollard was unique as a portrait artist, prolific in his craft and yet so personable his subjects were able to relax and reveal themselves as naturally as possible, according to art aficionados and historians who remember the man and his many works. George Pollard was unique as a portrait artist, prolific in his craft and yet so personable his subjects were able to relax and reveal themselves as naturally as possible, according to art aficionados and historians who remember the man and his many works.