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2025-04-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Artist who painted ''worst'' Trump portrait for Colorado State Capitol says 41-year career may be doomed after prez''s criticism

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Posted by Fred 2025-04-07 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 "If it's not the consequences of my own actions!"

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-04-07 07:08|| 2025-04-07 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 A presidential portrait should look presidential. That one don't. First impression is high school art class or the artists feelings leaked into her work. Given Colorado's politics, that fact that the pic hung in the capitol is more condemnation than accolade.

Q: Has the girl doomed her career or established her brand? I predict a great demand for pouty Trump pix in the coming years so we may be looking at a golden age of bad portraiture.

Posted by SteveS 2025-04-07 08:18|| 2025-04-07 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 But I thought EVERYBODY opposed whatever Trump said. So Trump criticizing her portrait should ENHANCE her reputation.

Posted by Rambler 2025-04-07 08:49|| 2025-04-07 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh lord ... I shouldn't have looked at that thing. High School level work, indeed! And no one said a word for six years, eh? Colorado is in worse shape than I thought.

Posted by Chicago Lurker 2025-04-07 09:43|| 2025-04-07 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 It looks like a purposefully distorted image done by a mediocre artist.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-04-07 13:51|| 2025-04-07 13:51|| Front Page Top

#6 ^We live in the age of pushy mediocracies.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-04-07 14:28|| 2025-04-07 14:28|| Front Page Top

#7 To prove she was wrong, make her paint her own portrait! I bet she’ll get that one right! She’s no Norman Rockwell.

Posted by Chomogum Ebbainter3111 2025-04-07 14:54|| 2025-04-07 14:54|| Front Page Top

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