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Artist who painted ‘worst’ Trump portrait for Colorado State Capitol says 41-year career may be doomed after prez’s criticism
NY Post ^ | 04/06/2025 | Jared Downing

Posted on 04/06/2025 5:45:07 PM PDT by simpson96

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To: simpson96

As a rule, a portrait artist will use his/her own face as a starting point.
Comes from all those years of practicing in front of a mirror.


81 posted on 04/07/2025 3:17:54 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration; The acronym defines the science.)
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To: madison10

Looks like Alec Baldwin.


82 posted on 04/07/2025 4:36:24 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

That’s a FABULOUS picture!!


83 posted on 04/07/2025 4:51:04 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience..)
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To: goodnesswins
Something IS off.

Its a crap painting. You could pick up a copy of American Art Collector magazine on any given month and find a dozen artists who could paint circles around this chick.

84 posted on 04/07/2025 4:58:57 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: simpson96

It’s not horrible, it’s just not good.

Sort of like when my father in law died. I went to the funeral home a few hours before the viewing to approve of the job they did. They had his hair combed in a way he never did it and it truly looked like someone else. They were able to correct it.

BTE, wanna see an absolutely atrocious official portrait? Go on the White House tour. At one point you can see the official Michelle Obama portrait. I think a racoon with a paint my numbers set could do a better job.


85 posted on 04/07/2025 5:17:48 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: 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.“

Bull. One bad review or painting can’t change the “it” factor in art. If she has it she has it and that’s it. This portrait doesn’t look like Trump. You could duplicate the effect she painted by digitizing a pic of Trump in roughly the same position and scaling slightly smaller the eyes, nose and mouth.

She’s TDS, Only that sort of piece of crap would sell out their talent so easily.


86 posted on 04/07/2025 5:44:09 AM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.)
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To: LegendHasIt

“Am I the only one that thinks it looks very much like the artist,…”

Nope. I immediately thought the same thing.


87 posted on 04/07/2025 5:51:00 AM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.)
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To: simpson96

It’s terrible. Learn to paint.


88 posted on 04/07/2025 6:04:25 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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89 posted on 04/07/2025 11:00:30 AM PDT by sergeantdave (AI training involves stealing content from creators and not paying them a penny)
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