So you've seen the portraits - how do you feel about them?

[TreasonousBastard]

18. OK-- I'll be the artistically illiterate klutz and admit I just don't get his portrait...

the pose looks uncomfortable and while I heard about the reasons for the leaves, I just don't buy it. I would have liked to see him much more comfortable with himself. An outdoor setting would be nice, but this is suffocating.

Her portrait is just bizarre. Besides the hits of cubism in her face (which do not make her look more powerful) the shadow on the bare wall behind her makes it look like a photograph taken of the scene by an assistant to a photographer. The dress is interesting, though. She also looks a little uncomfortable.

I personally hate that direct look "into the camera"-- it has a name I've forgotten, but it just doesn't work that well all the time. It does work more with mass killers than thoughtful professionals.

If you haven't heard, the teabaggers have already come out with the assertion that there is a sperm on his left temple. They seem to have found spermatozoa on many paintings and this disturbs them.