A Colorado artist denies trying to distort Donald Trump’s likeness in a portrait that hung until recently in the state Capitol and says the president’s criticisms are hurting her business.

She also disputed that the work drew a lot of complaints before Trump weighed in.

Trump called the portrait by Colorado Springs painter Sarah Boardman “purposefully distorted” in a March 23 post on Truth Social.

Legislative leaders announced the next day that they would take the portrait down. It was gone from a wall of past presidents’ portraits the next morning, relegated to museum storage.

In an emailed statement Saturday, Boardman denied intentionally distorting Trump.

“President Trump is entitled to comment freely, as we all are, but the additional allegations that I ‘purposefully distorted’ the portrait, and that I ‘must have lost my talent as I got older’ are now directly and negatively impacting my business of over 41 years which now is in danger of not recovering.”

Boardman also painted the portraits of former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama in the state Capitol.

— Associated Press