6 new paintings by George W. Bush

[kpete]

http://gawker.com/5991554/we-have-six-new-amazing-paintings-by-george-w-bush

[Katashi_itto]

1. Here's one of Bush by John Wayne Gacy

[HereSince1628]

2. I don't care WHAT you say, these are BETTER THAN

having W drunk all day.

And he sort of is showing glimpses of being able to work with light and shadow.

For a guy whose political thinking was basically black and white, he's showing signs of cognitive growth.

[pansypoo53219]

60. no. i want him to kill his liver.

[HereSince1628]

65. Well that's nice

or not.

[malaise]

3. Must be self portraits

They all have that stupid look

[CatWoman]

57. hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[malaise]

68. LOL

[Marrah_G]

4. Better to be painting then to be blowing people up!

Keep on painting W, you are doing great!

[BlueStreak]

5. I find the subject matter curious

First, the paintings are a lot better than I would have expected -- better than I could do. They obviously aren't masterpieces, but nothing to be embarrassed about.

And maybe he chose pets as a subject just to give some consistency to his practice of skills. If somebody had told me that Bush was paint, I would have guessed it would be pictures of Saddam's head coming off as he was hanged or some other dark scenes. This couldn't be farther from those dark places. I wonder if there is something to that.

[Mnemosyne]

36. He has no conscience, thus no dark pictures. nt

[Skidmore]

6. Amazing???

I don't get what is amazing about them.

[livetohike]

9. Maybe it's amazing that he has advanced from trying to stay in the lines in coloring books

[Raven]

7. Nice frames on crappy paintings. n/t

[tanyev]

8. Well, he's no Hitler.

[marions ghost]

19. !!!

good one! I forgot about Hitler art

Dubya was not the architect. He was the cunning narcissist lap dog...

[2naSalit]

67. And because he is a lapdog

explains the subject matter in his 6th grader level "art".

Indeed, nice frames on crappy pictures... they certainly have more value. His therapist must have suggested he paint and this is the best he can do.

[Johonny]

54. he could paint a whole apartment in one day

2 coats

[ismnotwasm]

10. Fuck him, fuck his 'art' and fuck his presidency.

He can paint from prison. Then then I'll have a better attitude.

[Scuba]

11. +1,000

[LiberalEsto]

24. amen! nt

[Newest Reality]

28. +1 !!!!

[Robb]

12. If only he had passed that free art test, we might not have had a war in Iraq.

[KansDem]

56. Or those matchbook "come-ons"

Too bad he only chewed tobacco...

[marions ghost]

13. Fascinating...

cute animal totems to keep away the nightmares. And a cross to keep the vampires out.

I think he's gone down the Pacific Coast Highway...

[GoCubsGo]

14. Lovely.

Each one of those paintings is probably worth more money than I made last year. And, I'm in this situation because of HIM and his ilk. I never thought I'd see the day when paintings of dogs and cats make me want to puke my guts out.

[marions ghost]

17. Those paintings are not worth anything

unless you think paintings by elephants are worth something.

but yeah they sure are pukable, coming out of that "beautiful mind"...

[GoCubsGo]

18. I'm sure your average Bush apologist would pay a small fortune to own one of those things.

Sadly, there are still plenty of them around. Then there's the crowd that likes to collect freakish things... But, you are correct in that they're worthless to just about everyone else.

[marions ghost]

21. Doubt it

looks too much like that thing of Aunt Bunny's they offloaded at the church yard sale...

Now IF Dub had painted some really freakish things--like he was actually haunted by his murderous past & flipping out--maybe if the puppies were being waterboarded--THEN you might have some buyers.

[GoCubsGo]

22. It's not that the paintings are freakish.

It's that the guy who painted them is the freak. It's like the John Wayne Gacy paintings. The worth comes from who painted them, not their quality. Some people get a kick out of owning things made by a famous mass murderer, and some people still think George Bush was a great President.

[marions ghost]

27. Of course it's "who" --

but what's the market?

The people who think W was a great president want a signed celebrity photo or a commemorative plate with real gold edges. Not a yard sale puppy.

The people who think he was a mass murderer want water-boarded puppies and Laura chewing their heads off.

I could be wrong, but I don't think there's a market for this schlock, even by the Resident. It's a (dep)recession. Somehow I don't think McMansion owners are the right demographic.

[reformist2]

15. Yet more evidence our former president is "special."

And I'm not entirely joking, either. This guy has the mentality of a 13 year old.

[leveymg]

63. 10 year old

[llmart]

16. Who gives a rat's ass what this evil criminal is doing now?

He should be sitting in a cell somewhere. Let him pursue his painting there.

I'm sick of that whole damned family and I just want our stupid media to stop giving them any attention at all. Sorry - that goes for the vapid Jenna Bush too. She did another fluff piece on the Today Show about motherhood and of course she had to drag her vapid mother into the piece. Get them out of our lives already.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Well, I can paint better than that!

[narnian60]

51. So could my fifth graders!

[Coyotl]

23. These are from after the mental breakdown, right?

Glad he is starting to recover. Now, can the war crimes trials begin?

[LiberalEsto]

25. Psssst! The secret behind these is:

They're all from "Paint by Number" kits.

[Heidi]

33. If they were "paint by number"

they'd be a hell of a lot better than they are.

[JPZenger]

26. If only George W. and Hitler had continued their careers in art instead of politics....

the world would be a much better place.

[Berlum]

29. The former RepubliClown-in-Chief is AWOL from talent and good taste

h

[marions ghost]

37. "Laura and I are proud to be Texans — own a Texas ranch, and for us every day is Earth Day"

That's a good one, love those ominous clouds...

[Berlum]

41. +1,000 for the Blues Bros. -1,000 for the Bhagdad Bros (R).

[Dreamer Tatum]

43. Hey, SpiralHawk, can you please get another shtick?

Please?

I'd (R)eally app(R)eciate it.

[Helen Reddy]

30. Knew these videos would pay off for him.

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[Tikki]

31. Many animals 'love' unconditionally...boosh prop doesn't have any humans who love him anymore.

His dad probably shows passive but readable disdain for the f*ck-up w still is and his brother jeb called him
an idiot because he tarnished his chances for pres. babs is loony from way back.
Looks like his sister is trying to help by getting him into art therapy.
These paintings are an effort at best.


Tikki

[BlueToTheBone]

32. He gets to paint pretty pictures

while the rest of the world rots in hell.

[hlthe2b]

34. the cat in the upper right isn't so bad, but the rest look like paint by number...

Still, at least he is off the national stage...

On that score, I had a horrific and very real dream that I'd "gone up" against Cheney last night (and he prevailed, naturally)... I'm not sure what the venue (court? public debate? other?), but just remember him prevailing once again against the odds.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

35. President Rainman? nt

[reformist2]

40. Yep.

[mainer]

38. any high school art show would have better work.

These are embarrassing.

[wiggs]

39. There is something awesome and revealing in these.

That a recent former president would disengage from the world to this extent and paint shells and puppies is evidence of something about him that should be discussed.

It is either extreme head-in-the sand disengagement after holding the most powerful post in the world and still holding great potential for influence....which is an unflattering statement that we should pay attention to

or

It is a sharp, insightful statement by him about the rigors and out-of-scale degree of power and destruction that the office has...that a world leader with hundreds of thousands of deaths on his hands as well as the cultural and physical destruction of a once-proud country (among many misdeeds) would, instead of traveling the world to do good or instead of painting something of interest that reflects his former life, go the other way and paint the most harmless sugary subjects possible is a powerful effective statement about his former life and this one. It is high, unexpected, intentional, brilliant art that requires a contrarian reading.

Either way, it's interesting. Given what we know about him his entire life, I think we can interpret the pieces accordingly and it's not flattering.

[marions ghost]

45. Koons would approve

[BlueStreak]

59. Good fodder for future psychology textbooks, no doubt

Eerie is the word that comes to mind.

[marions ghost]

71. Bob Ross told him to beat the devil out

Oh yeah--eerie--definitely some art therapy going on here...always reveals the pathology

[demwing]

42. So Bush Paints?

His paintings don't redeem his crimes, but his crimes don't condemn his art. On his art, he's a beginner, that all. Certainly better than anything I could do...

All the bluster on this thread makes me laugh. I guess we have to hate everything about Bush with equal venom to defend our liberalism.

[Blue Owl]

44. Monet trumps those pieces

n/t

[MuseRider]

46. Somehow I imagine him

sitting in his small cell scratching bad pictures of jets and tanks on his concrete wall with the words Pew! Peeeeew! Pew! scribbled next to the lines of bullets coming from them.

I suppose puppies and kitties allow him to think he is A-OK rather than confronting his crimes. I can't imagine what I would do in his situation, probably drink myself to death. Somehow I don't think puppy and kitty pictures would do the trick.

[marions ghost]

47. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

he feels no pain. Never did. It's all puppies and rainbows and chocolate fountains from here on out...

He's taking the la la land route.

[Arugula Latte]

48. Okay, I am going to admit something ...

The fact that he painted kitties makes me like him a little better. But I still think he's a psychopath/mass murderer.

[NightWatcher]

49. It strikes me psychotic. He started 2 wars and draws kittens?

I want some of the pills he popping in order to keep the demons quiet and allow him to paint puppies.

It'd be like Chuckie Manson releasing a cd of children's lullabies.

[hlthe2b]

50. and as a a child attached firecrackers to frogs and blew them up...

Yup, there is some sociopathy there for sure.

[indepat]

66. This early fun by practicing shock and awe through blowing living creatures to smithereens

would surely give a keen insight into the psychic of a psychotic personality.

[KansDem]

55. Also a Christian cross

It boggles the mind...

[reteachinwi]

52. His next effort will be group composition.

[sakabatou]

53. Like I give a shit about that asshole's paintings.

[S.A.M]

58. Paint by numbers?

His art is as good as his presidency unless Cheney is the ghost painter.

[global1]

61. I Smell A Fundraising Opportunity Coming Up With His Paintings.....

they will sell the originals and prints of his pics to raise money to fund Jeb's run for the presidency.

Think of how many Repugs would want to have one of his works gracing their walls.

Some marketing firm will push this and they will raise a lot of money doing this.

Now I know I wouldn't touch any of his works with a ten foot pole and probably most people wouldn't either. However, there will be a significant group of people out there that will think that having one of his works will be cool and they will pay dearly to have one.

This is my prediction.

[bullwinkle428]

62. I wonder how many animals were harmed in the creation of these paintings?

"Wanna see mah frogs? Heh-heh-heh!"

[Botany]

64. Paint this one W

[Zoeisright]

69. What a worthless piece of shit.

I swear that fucker has some serious emotional and cognitive diseases.

[Initech]

70. I don't want to see Bush's art unless he's painting it behind bars.