A.J. Alper - Portrait Painter on Instagram: "IN HONOR to my visit to the Normal Rockwell Museum @norman_rockwell_museum STORYTELLER (Part 4) The grown model, recounting the making of “The Shiner” THE MODEL for the young girl was Mary Whalen, who appeared on 3 of Rockwell’s covers and was one of his favorite models because as he says, “She was the best model I ever had. She could look sad one minute, jolly the next, and raise her eyebrows until they almost jump over her head.” Ironically, he need