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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI dunno, I think he got the smirk just about right
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/05/bush-portraits-unveiled.htmlIn the Oval office, still looking for WMD, no doubt.
Mona Lisa had the smile. George W. Bush has the smirk
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/05/mona-lisa-had-the-smile-george.html
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The artist, John Howard Sanden, has confided that the trickiest part in painting his first portrait of a president was to avoid any hint of that trademark smirk.
"The smirk shows up when he doesn't want it, and he tends to mug for the camera, as though he can't help it," Sanden said in an interview with American Artist magazine after landing the commission.
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I dunno, I think he got the smirk just about right (Original Post)
deminks
May 2012
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peace13
(11,076 posts)1. Sorry John but you can't wash the stink out of a skunk.
No offense to skunks!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. At least Laura's wearing something presentable
Instead of those godawful outfits she favored that looked like she'd just shot her couch and was wearing the pelt.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)3. The artist made Laura a lot thinner, though. eom
sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)4. I think the artist did a great job. W's wearing that wrinkled, ugly
suit and the smirk is there.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)5. He's captured the cocky, rich, frat boy who's about to say:
"Here....pull my thumb".
qb
(5,924 posts)6. The artist managed to wipe that "Joker" look off of Laura's face!