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mahina

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33. Nah. Sorry. I want to like it.

Sun Dec 11, 2022, 02:45 PM

Dec 2022

The problem is not brushwork or the colors, all fine. It’s the composition. Boring, static, predictable, formulaic.

But hey, good luck to him

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I like it! mcar Dec 2022 #1

me too BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #45

Nice! Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #2

Nice. pwb Dec 2022 #3

Looks like it came out of Pier 1 Wall Decor aisle. SYFROYH Dec 2022 #4

Sure, but Pier 1 has good stuff! nt Shermann Dec 2022 #8

A lot of people agree with you. SYFROYH Dec 2022 #10

They have butter cookies! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2022 #13

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😁 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2022 #43

+1 BeerBarrelPolka Dec 2022 #9

That's the beauty of art KentuckyWoman Dec 2022 #14

There's just "something" about O'Keefe's work.. Permanut Dec 2022 #36

... Celerity Dec 2022 #58

I'm sitting at a Pier 1 table I bought 25 years ago as I type this. gldstwmn Dec 2022 #24

Pieer 1 was very popular in the 1980s and 90s. SYFROYH Dec 2022 #25

It's a nice painting Dorian Gray Dec 2022 #52

Tell the orange idiot all of the data from Hunter's laptop is encoded in the painting. LiberalFighter Dec 2022 #5

And her emails could be cleverly hidden in there as well Permanut Dec 2022 #35

Hope they have good security at the gallery...... Jade Fox Dec 2022 #6

THIS! 👍 Also, I wonder what the MAGA conspiracy will be for it being a nice piece of art. TheBlackAdder Dec 2022 #28

They'll say jayschool2013 Dec 2022 #29

..and serves up baby meat pizza! peppertree Dec 2022 #34

I think that I'll open a "Go Fund Me" for $225,000 so "Q" can buy the painting and our team.... EarnestPutz Dec 2022 #38

MTG sez---subpoena that painting! Kingofalldems Dec 2022 #7

This is the most amusing part of the whole GQP vendetta against Hunter. The one outcome Vinca Dec 2022 #11

Knowing little, I would say yorkster Dec 2022 #12

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Merci, merci. yorkster Dec 2022 #60

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It must be a shock to reporters at the New York Post that paintings in Manhattan galleries Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #15

It actually did cost more than my house dsc Dec 2022 #20

They meant the price of a home upstate in the middle of nowhere. gldstwmn Dec 2022 #26

that price will buy a mobile home in california, or possibly a small lot with no buildings msfiddlestix Dec 2022 #59

It's alright. GoCubsGo Dec 2022 #16

Meh...nothing special. It's the name driving the price. brush Dec 2022 #17

I agree Mossfern Dec 2022 #37

Kandinsky, very cool. I'm also partial to de Kooning's women paintings... brush Dec 2022 #48

I'd have to be paid to have that hanging in my house. panader0 Dec 2022 #54

Reminds me of Weimer-era art wolfie001 Dec 2022 #18

Wish I could sell a photo for, say, $225! Bo Zarts Dec 2022 #19

I like most of his paintings PatSeg Dec 2022 #21

I like his work. He is quite talented, I think. This reminds me a little of John Lurie gldstwmn Dec 2022 #22

Meanwhile, on Bradley Carlson's laptop..... Mustellus Dec 2022 #27

I like it. I can also see designing the decor of a room around the colors. And since famous people highplainsdem Dec 2022 #30

Very, very nice! n/t iluvtennis Dec 2022 #31

Better than Bush II paintings. I like the colors. halfulglas Dec 2022 #32

Nah. Sorry. I want to like it. mahina Dec 2022 #33

You nailed it. brush Dec 2022 #49

Ivanka had 30+ Chinese patents overnight, & she has no talent whatsoever except flipping her hair Hekate Dec 2022 #39

There are several professional artists who post here regularly. brush Dec 2022 #50

Indeed. What did you think of the first several that went to the gallery several months back? Hekate Dec 2022 #51

wonder if he used balloons and straws and paint spattering? IcyPeas Dec 2022 #40

Yeah. Mosby Dec 2022 #44

I like what I saw of his first exhibition better. n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #41

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It's a nice painting edhopper Dec 2022 #46

a pic will never do justice to a painting this big. mopinko Dec 2022 #47

Well um Tickle Dec 2022 #53

Has a very interesting visual texture, I'm not familiar with Yupo paper msfiddlestix Dec 2022 #55

Better than this guy's Kid Berwyn Dec 2022 #57