Sarah Palin nude portrait

Chicago Trib ^ | 9/30/08 | Emma Fitzsimmons

[pissant]

Sarah Palin painted in the nude at Old Town Ale House in Chicago

Bruce Elliott has painted a nude portrait of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and hung it above the Old Town Ale House, where it's now a prime attraction among his display of more than 200 celebrity portraits and other racy art.

Elliott's wife, Tobin Mitchen, owns the bar on Chicago's North Side,

Palin became Elliott's muse after he saw her on TV.

"I've been following her religiously," he said Monday at the bar. "I had never heard of her before, like everyone else. I find her bizarrely fascinating, even though I pretty much despise everything she stands for."

[pissant]

Peachy

[TribalPrincess2U]

Great, he’s helping Sarah.

[Former MSM Viewer]

Bruce Elliott, you are a loser

[madison10]

So when are they going to put one up of Michelle?

[mnehring]

You have got to be kidding.. I can see the Kossacks now.. claiming she posed for it. The artist sucks, looks like a Jr. Higher did it.

[sbMKE]

http://flickr.com/search/?q=old+town+ale+house&m=text

The painter had to use his daughter as a model - makes sense because having now seen his other work, it doesn’t appear that he has much experience painting nudes standing upright.

[Nam Vet]

That guy has as much talent as a box of rocks. I wouldn't know WHO the painting was supposed to be if he didn't tell us.

Nam Vet

[Huck]

I think it's kinda not horrible. The guy's a perv for painting it, but hey, I'll bet there'll be a few freepers who,um, don't hate the painting, from what they can see. I know, I know, it's awful. It's terrible.

[redhead]

No, he painted a nude portrait of SOMEBODY ELSE, and put Sarah Palin’s face on it. Disgusting.

[XR7]

I pretty much despise everything she stands for.

Like not killing babies?

[Sibre Fan]

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[evets]

His daughter, who looks a little like Palin
and does a great impression of her,
served as model for the governor's body.

eeeewww...

[camle]

looks more like Janet Reno done by somebody’s high school class.

who said this nut had talent?

[Salamander]

The “artist” shouldn’t give up his day job.

[ottbmare]

That’s seriously bad art. It does look like a junior high school student did it. It’s actually kind of humorous and pathetic that an ostensibly grown man doesn’t know how the female body actually fits together.

[HarleyD]

even though I pretty much despise everything she stands for

God. Country. Family.

Yes, those are dispicable qualities. Better to paint nude pictures of women and hang them over the bar. Funny the feminists aren't saying anything.

[linn37]

Goofy sum b*tch. I think that sums up my review.

[TChris]

So what.

It's amateur cartoon quality "art" and only goes to further illustrate Palin's childish opposition more clearly.

I say, let 'em keep digging.

[Huck]

Man, when you see it up close, it really is amateurism. Too bad. She ends up looking like Peggy Hill, without the same amount of realism.

A skilled artist would have made her body much lovelier.

[dr_who]

This is more or less the same as what that “artist” did to McCain. They do it because they’re incapable of thinking independently, much less critically. So they resort to multimedia versions of ad-hominem attacks.

[txhurl]

Is that a fish with ears?

[Perdogg]

I bet Gov Palin spit out her orange juice laughing at this, this morning.

[Cyber Liberty]

Juvenile. Looks like a bunch of cartoons.

[facedown]

Looks like Peggy Hill.

[RckyRaCoCo]

wow, he’s a regular picassole

[Huck]

lol! excellent job!

[drangundsturm]

No, the media isn't doing sexist stories at all. Not a one.

I've seen lots of stories about Biden and Obama nude portraits, haven't you?

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Not that I'm passing judgment or anything, but I would say the "artist" is an untalented, misguided moron who couldn't get a gig drawing for 'King of The Hill'.

I'll hold my breath waiting for his renderings of HRC and Ms Obama.

[mlocher]

"... I find her bizarrely fascinating, even though I pretty much despise everything she stands for."

The feeling is mutual from here.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Yes it is disgusting — and the truly distressing thing is that a lot of people will think this amounts to the same thing as an actual nude portrait of Palin. Many of these deranged dolts will even blame her for the “scandal” of inspiring an “artist” to produce a nude portrait of her — even if it isn't actually of her.

[Miss Didi]

He got the peep toe shoes wrong.

[Huck]

The thing on the floor, you mean?

[mlocher]

So when are they going to put one up of Michelle?

"I have never been proud of my body, until now"

[KansasGirl]

What a jerk that guy is!

[sleddogs]

He’ painting looks like a crude knockoff of the animated characters on “Family Guy”.

No class!

[Antoninus]

Anyone feel like painting a nude portrait of this withered up old lecher?

[Huck]

Yeah, upon inspection, the whole piece totally fails. I don’t hate the concept, just the poor execution. I know, I should hate the concept.

[Doomonyou]

That’s not a painting, it’s a cartoon.

[JimRed]

...I pretty much despise everything she stands for."

Motherhood, life, ethics in government, serving instead of ruling, belief in and worship of a Higher Power... yeah, pretty despicable! < /sarc >

I guess I won't be visiting that moron's wife's saloon on my upcoming trip to Chi-town!

[bmwcyle]

He art work in no better than stick figures.

[txhurl]

Yeah, what’s the meaning of that? He means it to mean something....

[wally_bert]

I thought Peggy Hill at first glance too.

[murphE]

Oh Please - just don’t go paintin’ any neck-id pictures of Obama, Biden or McCain, thank-you.

[Red Badger]

Debate? WOOO-HOO!.......

[McGruff]

Chicago

[NeoCaveman]

This might be the most clicked thread of the day.

[Huck]

LOL!! Oh man, I’m seriously laughing on that one.

[polymuser]

The painter had to use his daughter as a model...

Neoliberalism truly is a mental disorder.

[Jeff Chandler]

So when are they going to put one up of Michelle?

Nobody's that cruel.

[ichabod1]

Peggy Hill. Those were the first words that went through my mind when I saw it. Good call.