A Stunning FLOTUS Portrait To Push You Through This Damn Election

[sheshe2]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/flotus-portrait-michelle-obama-jmuse_us_580f4fe3e4b0a03911ee90ea

Flotus~

[mcar]

1. That is lovely

Great job by the artist!

[LisaM]

2. That's one talented artist.

I can't believe how I can "read" (or think that I can) Michelle Obama's thoughts in that picture. Thank you for finding this.

[sheshe2]

19. Thanks Lisa,

nicely put that is what a powerful image can do, it speaks to you.

[heaven05]

3. the detail

is exquisite.

[sheshe2]

20. Thank you.

“I selected FLOTUS as an artistic subject because Michelle Obama represents a woman of empowerment for the black community,” J. Muse explained in an email to The Huffington Post. “In a world where odds are against us, she rises to the platform and takes a stand for each and every black woman or little black girl. She promotes health, wellness, and strength.

J. Muse painted Michelle as all black women and girls. She has given them hope.

[True_Blue]

4. Beautiful!

[packman]

5. Not so much impressed

I know I'm going to get slammed - but I don't care for it.

[Plucketeer]

10. I'm with you

I'm sorry to say (because I think the FLOTUS is gorgeous) this looks like she suffers from Impetigo.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. I agree. Almost looks like she has a beard.

[sheshe2]

21. I never knew DU had so many professional art critics.

How many years did you study art to become one?

[sinkingfeeling]

23. Took several art classes at Columbus School of Art and Design.

Doesn't matter. I have a right to my opinion and I don't like the painting.

[sheshe2]

25. Good for you!

Yes, you are allowed your opinion. Thanks for coming here to dump it.

I have a BA in Fine Art. Hands on painting in several mediums. Also sculpture, drawing, woodworking and an intense study of art history.

Your critic sounds like my exes of my work, void of the passion and interpretation of the subject. He ridiculed one of mine never understanding what I had painted, yet an art critic from a large newspaper gave it high praise.

When you paint you pour your heart and soul into it as did j.muse, It was her interpretation of what Michelle means to black women and girls.

You don't have to like it, yet so sad you had to dump on it. Why can't something nice just be given a pass for a change.

[sinkingfeeling]

28. In case you missed it, I agreed with others. You'e the one who posted it for open comments.

[sheshe2]

29. Yes, I saw you agreed with the paintings s**ks posts.

Kudos to you all for not letting a nice post just pass.

[sinkingfeeling]

30. Sorry, l love the FLOTUS and think she is absolutely beautiful. Don't like the painting.

[sheshe2]

32. Glad you love FLOTUS.

Yet you denigrated the artist and her vision.

[forest444]

6. Incredible! What talent.

The day - may it be many, many years from now - that Mrs. Obama leaves us, it would be nice to see that very portrait on our postage stamps.

Hell, even on a $20 (it would be a real improvement over the current occupant, certainly).

[sheshe2]

22. Thanks Forest.

Magnificent.

[allan01]

7. wow. indeed

[Hekate]

8. Lovely. KnR

[William769]

9. Awesome!

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. I prefer the photograph it was based on

It seems to me that this artist is violating the photographers copywrite.

[joelg]

12. Copyright problem

There are definitely copyright issues and it appears to have been projected onto the canvas. Nice young lady, I'm sure, but not art.

[Neema]

13. Yes, sorry to say it's more like paint by numbers.

But yes, nice that she felt so inspired.

[sheshe2]

16. Aaaah

An art critic.

[Neema]

41. Actually I do have a masters of fine art

And have given (and taken) my share of critiques.

[marybourg]

24. Yes, that's what I thought of when I saw it -

paint by numbers. No shading; sharp delineation between colors.

[guillaumeb]

27. An artistic choice? A way of showing how all people have many currents in them?

I believe this was a deliberate choice to show surface and interior.

[msanthrope]

34. You seem concerned. nt

[Neema]

42. Not at all. I love that she felt so moved by the photograph that she decided to copy it to canvas.

I did things like this when I was young.

[sheshe2]

38. Neema Neema Neema....

You just came back after a long absence according to your profile. I am so honored that you came to my thread to denigrate a young black woman's vision on what Michelle meant to her and young women of color. Her painting speaks of her passion. The bold vibrancy of her colors and brush strokes are profound and marked with beauty and an inner strength that will not be denied. Michelle has inspired them. Yet you call it paint by numbers. How trite and demeaning.

[Neema]

43. I absolutely love that this young woman was so moved

by a photograph of Michelle Obama that she decided to copy it to canvas. I did things like this many times when I was younger. Lots of young enthusiastic artists do to learn their craft. It's a wonderful way to learn technique. But you can't call it your own original artwork. That's not fair to the photographer. You have to take it further away from the original to call it your own.

If another artist took my work, ran it through a photoshop filter, projected it onto canvas and made an exact replica of that projection, then called it her own work, I would have a problem with that. Especially to profit off of it.

I don't have a problem with her, her vision, her enthusiasm, even her technical ability. And I completely understand her love of our amazing first lady and her desire to express that on canvas.

I'm sorry if my shorter answer came off as trite and demeaning. When I was in art school, "paint by numbers" was what our professors called our work when it was copied instead of interpreted. It was meant to encourage us to dig deeper.

[ProfessorPlum]

15. that's moronic

artists do this literally all the time.

[LanternWaste]

17. what are the specific copyright problems of this first year art student's work?

As there's no indication that the piece will be for sale or make any profit, what are the specific copyright problems of this first year art student's work?

[Ms. Toad]

35. It makes no difference whether she intends to profit from it.

Copyright grants to the original author (the photographer) the right to control reproduction of her work. It permits the author to decide if she wants her work used - for example - by a Trump supporter on a crude sign, modified to caricature FLOTUS as an ape. I hope you can understand that most photographers who take a glamorous photo of FLOTUS would not want that to happen - even though the crude sign would not be for sale or would not make any profit. The same copyright protections that may have been violated here are what allow the artist to control who copies their work, under what circumstances.

As to this instance, the photograph may be her own (no problem), she may have obtained consent (no problem), it may have been licensed generally under a license that perrmits copying and reproduction (again - no problem).

But if not, the infringement occurs when she reproduced another's work to use as the basis of her own without consent, profit or not.

[sheshe2]

31. You waited 11 years to make this comment?

It took you eleven years. That is just sick. 3 posts since 2005. 1 in the last 90 days on my thread. Hey Rip, glad you awoke.

Mirt!

[NurseJackie]

44. I know! Weird, huh?

[George II]

46. What are the "copyright issues"? You waited years to post this one negative post? C'mon.

[wordpix]

18. super, I hope the Obamas buy it

Artists need to pay rent, too

[guillaumeb]

26. POTUS 2024?

Or 2020 if Hillary Clinton does not run again?

[LenaBaby61]

33. Stunning...

Indeed

Michelle is easy on the eye anyway, so.....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. That is horrid IMHO ..Poor Michelle! nt

[mia]

37. Don't like it.

Reminds me of my Eczema.

[Cha]

40. Beautiful Michelle and Brilliant Likeness from J Muse~

Mahalo, she~

[calimary]

45. NICE!!!