The artist who painted the President Trump portrait that was displayed in the Colorado state Capitol Building Rotunda says the president's criticism of her artwork is threatening to ruin her career. 

The artist, Sarah A. Boardman, also defended her work in response to Trump's criticism, including that she intentionally 'distorted' his image. 

"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 is now in danger of not recovering," she wrote on her website.

She also lays out the process by which she was awarded the task about six years ago of painting the portrait and the approval process throughout.

"The reference photograph and my subsequent 'works in progress' were all approved, throughout that process, by that committee," she writes. "I completed the portrait accurately, without 'purposeful distortion,' political bias, or any attempt to caricature the subject, actual or implied. I fulfilled the task per my contract."

She said she had received "overwhelmingly" positive reviews until Trump commented.

Boardman released the statement this month without showing the date it was published on the website. Several news outlets including the Hill magazine and the Washington Examiner, wrote about Boardman's statement Sunday.

The portrait was removed March 25 at Trump's request. 

"Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before," Trump wrote about Boardman's portrait. "She must have lost her talent as she got older."