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Who painted this? The gov..
Topic Started: Dec 22 2006, 07:49 PM (287 Views)
George K
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There was an article about Jeb Bush's portrait, and the fact that it has a Blackberry in the portrait. Am I the only one to think that this "portrait" looks really amateurish? Proportion and perspective all seem wrong.

Disclaimer: I am not an artist, but I am the parent of one.
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The same artist who did this one.








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George K
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Because someone had to...

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George K
Dec 22 2006, 11:51 PM
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The 89th Key
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George, I dont think Jeb's is too amateurish at all. I think it looks good...almost too good. As if he used a filter in photoshop to convert a photo! :P

I like the blackberry, and then open door, and the family pic...it's a good portrait.
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I'm with George, I think it looks poopy.
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George...what is it about the perspective/proportion that bothers you? I ask, because whoever painted this...probably did so from a photo, and the photo wouldn't be wrong, right?
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George K
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Dec 23 2006, 10:59 AM
George...what is it about the perspective/proportion that bothers you? I ask, because whoever painted this...probably did so from a photo, and the photo wouldn't be wrong, right?

Well, for one thing, his upper arms seem very short (shoulder to elbow). The wall behind him seems to be curved, so that the doorway appears closer than it should be. His head seems to be closer than the rest of his body.

Or, maybe it's just my old age and failing eyesight.
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George K
Dec 23 2006, 12:22 PM
Or, maybe it's just my old age and failing eyesight.

My eyesight must be failing as well?

Where is the Blackberry, you keep mentioning?
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I agree about the arm length, and I also don't see a Blackberry....??
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George K
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Blackberry was cropped in the image I copied, I guess.

Here's the story:

http://www.local6.com/news/10593244/detail.html
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I'm with GK on this, I think it looks like something drawn by those women who clutter up areas of natural beauty.
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George K
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Or like what you see in hotel "art" sales.
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IMHO it looks as if the portrait was painted either through a wide angle lens or Cinemascope.
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John D'Oh
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Or maybe it was actually painted by a highly skilled artist. Since, as we know, all the best artists are liberal (5 points), maybe they were actually trying to make him look like a child molester?
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It looks like a messed up photograph. What's the point of a portrait that looks like a photograph anyway.


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