Weird. And tacky beyond belief.
If this guy got some secret glee over putting a shadow of a dress that he had on a mannequin when Pres. Clinton was not around, fine. but keep that dumb shit to yourself. Voicing it now seems like he’s trying to get attention or something…it really is odd to me.
If I were a president, I certainly would not hire this guy.
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If this is true…that the artist injected his political beliefs into the painting…it should be pulled and he should refund any compensation he received for painting it. If this asshole included that shadow for a partisan reason and hid that in order to get the painting inaugurated he’s running neck to win the race for “the biggest liar in history” himself. Others participating: Ronald Regan for denying Iran Contra. George Bush for WMD hoax.
The painting sux to by the way.
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Better yet. . .
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And I thought it was lawyers that couldn’t be trusted. Did you see the Ken Starr shoes? Well, that is what Ken Starr’s shoes must have looked like after spending 80,000,000 to tarnish Bubba’s legacy.
Forget the sleaziness implied by the shadow, what about the explicit sleaziness oozing from Clinton’s pose and expression? Apparently the painter asked Clinton “Can you slouch against the wall and pretend I’m a hot chick who you’re about to ask to spend the night?” and Bill complied.
Is this man dying or something? Why get this off your chest now. Plus, seriously creepy – does the portrait have any of its own stains?
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Artists and politicians?!?!?! Who ever could have guessed?
I see what you did there. You win the Internets today.
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Why is it that a story about a painting making reference to an almost twenty year old “scandal” warrants a position along the top page ticker, but there is no mention of a federal Judge this morning striking down NE’s state gay marriage ban on the front page (at the time of this posting) or while such important stories as the FCC’s Net Neutrality ruling last week receive absolutely no coverage?
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Wow. Trash talk from the official portrait painter of the President. What’s next? Getting the kitchen staff to write a book right before the 2016 election? It really starts earlier than I thought, I see. Let me guess…Regnery Publishing is handling all the book deals.
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Well, I found two cigars, too (Clinton’s fingers).
Looks like WC Fields, actually.
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That shadow makes it look like Clinton is skinny (and has a slice up the middle). I did not think “blue dress” when I saw it. I thought, “This artist does not understand shadows.”
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but I could never get this Monica thing completely out of my mind
Oh, keeee-rist! Get some therapy. Painting isn’t working.
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It’s almost as if nobody got it…
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I thought the vase shadow looked phallic
Why did they hang a painting of Sam Waterson instead of Bill Clinton?
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I second your win
geez Nixon had Watergate, Bush 2 …WMDS, Reagan Iran Contra…and the list goes on… but Lewsinsky gets the call out in the “official portrait”.
proving yet again that many Americans are not all that hung up about lying but very hung up about sex.
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I agree that it is, to me, a crap portrait. The proportions seem off and there’s an “amateurish” quality. I realize artists paint what THEY see, but it hardly seems representative. Was this an officially commisioned work? If so, if they artist didn’t like the President or his Presidency, he shouldn’t have agreed to the commission. As a portrait, again to me, it pretty much sucks.
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