Sarah Palin gets painted in the nude

[liberalpragmatist]

Sarah Palin gets painted in full, and nothing's conservative about it
North Side tavern hangs nude portrait

By Emma Graves Fitzsimmons | Chicago Tribune reporter
September 30, 2008



There's been no shortage of takeoffs on Sarah Palin lately, from television skits to action figures, but Bruce Elliott has gone one step further than most. He's taken off her clothes.

Elliott, whose wife, Tobin Mitchen, owns the Old Town Ale House on Chicago's North Side, painted a nude portrait of the Republican vice presidential nominee and hung it above the bar, where it's now a prime attraction among his display of more than 200 celebrity portraits and other racy art.

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."

Despite their political differences, Elliott admits to a bit of a crush on the Alaska governor. He began painting her smile and trademark glasses, he said, before filling in the details: a gun, red high heels, polar bear rug, rugged Alaska landscape and a scared moose. His daughter, who looks a little like Palin and does a great impression of her, served as model for the governor's body.

continued at... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-talk-naked-sarahsep30,0,4944201.story

Ewww.

And his daughter modeled for him?! Double ewww.

[Ian David]

1. Is he going to be like the Israeli guy who became obsessed with Hillary? n/t

[Wickerman]

2. yikes

it's all a bit much. I can take the "I pretty much despise everything she stands for", natch, but "the daughter, who looks a little like Palin and does a great impression of her, served as model for the governor's body" was too OTT for me!

[Sanity Claws]

3. It's tough getting paint off your skin.

If they painted her with clothes, at least she could have thrown away the clothes.

That's what he meant, right?

[Tulum_Moon]

4. That is sick!

I'm sure his daughter is an adult, but who the hell would do that. I bet he comes out and says she had on underware. They would have stated that in the article.

[RC]

7. Some people are comfortable in their skin.

I take it you are not?

[321Outright]

5. how to get free press and advertising as an artist 101

1. create something relevant to current events, make it controversial, contact local papers/get a friend to submit it
2. ...
3. profit

[trof]

6. Here it is uncensored (MODS, this is ART!):

:rofl:

[trof]

8. Kick for art's sake.

;-)

[ThomWV]

9. Is that what they call an Eskimo-Pie?

[garlicmilkshake]

11. Sometimes a gun is just a cigar.

:evilgrin:

[trueblue2007]

12. This Picture looks like LIPSTICK ON A PIG to me!!!

[originalpckelly]

14. I never needed to see Peggy Hill nude.

[neverforget]

10. Is that a strap-on in her hand?

:shrug:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Well, that will get the Freepers panting...over the gun.