LOL! I thought it was someone else...
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Posted on 04/06/2025 5:45:07 PM PDT by simpson96
The artist behind a portrait of Donald Trump in the Colorado State Capitol says her career could be in tatters now that the president has besmirched it on social media.
Sarah Boardman’s painting of the president had hung in the Denver building for six years before Trump called it “purposefully distorted” and “truly the worst” on his Truth Social platform in January, prompting state lawmakers to yank it off the wall.
Now the artist’s 41-year career “is in danger of not recovering” from the backlash, Boardman said in a statement on her website on Saturday.
“For the 6 years that the portrait hung in the Colorado State Capitol Building Rotunda, I received overwhelmingly positive reviews and feedback,” Boardman said. “Since President Trump’s comments, that has changed for the worst.”
It was Colorado Republicans who had actually raised more than $10,000 through a GoFundMe account to commission the oil painting during Trump’s first term in 2019.
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But the president now says he would rather have no portrait at all than Boardman’s work hanging up, comparing it to a nearby portrait of former President Barack Obama, who Trump said “looks wonderful.
“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.
Boardman countered in her statement, “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.”
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To be generous, it looks like it was painted by modestly-skilled student.
LOL! I thought it was someone else...
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It’s not exactly Rushmore worthy.
It looks like someone lifting a butt cheek to let one out.
I wouldn’t have thought that at all. It makes him look determined, and like he’s ready to get some work done.
(You must be a guy. I’ll never ‘get’ the male obsession with potty humor...)
lolol. Yes.
I knew you wouldn’t gor for the potty humor.
She wanted to play politics, now she can go back to painting caricatures at the fairgrounds.
W. looks like he has moon face from steroids, as does the PDJT painting.
OF COURSE, zero looks better than real life.
Agreed… I don’t think it’s a bad picture.
I think it’s just a little too puffy in the face. But it’s subjective I guess.
… from everyone in the faculty lounge.
Looks like James Comey
It’s not just a matter of ‘going for’ it or not. It’s simply something that never would have crossed my mind in the first place.
lady it aint his criticism which was warranted that will doom your career, it is you lack of painting skills that will do so- that portrait was horrible- and frankly amateurish- don’t try to blame the president for your lack of talent-
I'm sorry to appear crude, but this is obviously unflattering.
Actually she seems to not be able to do anyone’s middle face correctly. Something is off in them all.
I think the Bush and Obama ones are quite good.
Looks like Alec Baldwin.
I would think it odd if anyone based all their opinion of her work on one photo. All she has to do is show the Bush/Obama photos, which look far more animated and photo realistic. Bush's personality comes through (look of unpredictable glee) as does Obama (a darkness of spirit comes through behind the smirk).
Those are both bad too.
She calls it ‘Trump with Mumps’.
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