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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's the official White House portrait of President Obama - for 2021
Link to tweet
That would be AWESOME!
PCIntern
(25,585 posts)I love it!!!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Rebl2
(13,559 posts)be appropriate for trump.
LSFL
(1,109 posts)" TRUMP TOILET PAPER. THE MORE YOU USE IT, THE MORE SHIT YOU GET ON YOU ".
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)#newrostrong
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)I just flushed a bunch of Trump "portraits" down the porcelain hopper.
lame54
(35,324 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,717 posts)mopinko
(70,230 posts)in my life these days its rule 1
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)MRDAWG
(501 posts)Miss Obama!
SMH
Cha
(297,692 posts)elegantl!
Rhiannon12866
(206,072 posts)And that is one great portrait, captures his demeanor perfectly!
PNW-Dem
(244 posts)And agreed, I love that they chose the tan suit. Looks really good.
cadaverdog
(228 posts)I love everything about the portrait, but why oh why did the artist choose to leave his suit jacket unbuttoned? When a gentleman rises from his seat, he automatically buttons his jacket, and President Obama almost always does this. It is one of the differences that sets him aside from the current slob-in-residence of the White House. The joke is that Trump thinks this makes him look thinner. Not hardly.
Then there is the matter of the length of Trump's red tie. Nuff said.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)MadLinguist
(790 posts)Ohiogal
(32,073 posts)FightingIrish
(2,716 posts)Love it.
nycbos
(6,038 posts)IronLionZion
(45,534 posts)leftieNanner
(15,155 posts)But Dijon Mustard!
Truly despicable!
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)his handsome TAN SUIT.
I wish this were his official portrait!
panader0
(25,816 posts)Polybius
(15,483 posts)Harker
(14,036 posts)of at least the same magnitude.
George II
(67,782 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)NBachers
(17,142 posts)Bradshaw3
(7,529 posts)Proud, intelligent, self-assured and a little smile that to me says, "I can handle anything you people throw at me and it ain't getting to me".
hlthe2b
(102,378 posts)brewens
(13,622 posts)a president or other high office holder works for.
IronLionZion
(45,534 posts)I love how when foreign visitors come to America, they often are amazed by the overt displays of flags, eagles, etc. as patriotism here.
aggiesal
(8,924 posts)at one of Pendejo45's Klan rallies with the Russian flag,
because it was Red, White & Blue.
keithbvadu2
(36,922 posts)Does anyone see a flag pin on Ivanka's outfit at the UN?
Have any patriotic republicans complained?
DFW
(54,443 posts)Is THAT what Republicans are calling them now?
Danascot
(4,694 posts)of pins near those things.
DFW
(54,443 posts)AdamGG
(1,295 posts)rickford66
(5,528 posts)tblue37
(65,488 posts)MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Inside and out. Tan suit no less.
sop
(10,259 posts)smb
(3,475 posts)calimary
(81,500 posts)That'll be sufficient.
PCIntern
(25,585 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Just tell the bozo that it's the biggest portrait in the WH. He'll be pleased.
that is far more flattering than any portrait showing his features and/or form could possibly be. I like it.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)calimary
(81,500 posts)I miss having a President I can look up to. Who was LEGITIMATELY elected without cheating, and without any help from an avowed enemy nation.
aggiesal
(8,924 posts)I actually like the Tan Suit one better.
And with the trolling aspect, I think we should petition that the Tan
suit Portrait become the official White House Portrait.
Otherwise, just send it over, I find a nice place for it.
LudwigPastorius
(9,177 posts)...all the better to contrast the inevitable portrait of the man-baby currently squatting in the White House.
csziggy
(34,137 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,022 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)I love it, on every level, including as an artist! It doesnt matter whether its official or not.
sanatanadharma
(3,730 posts)A profound portrait
A strong face
The rest less developed
The face of man matters
Not the tatters nor wrappers
Tan suit wrapper, perhaps with pink-shoe-laces
Man-of-men
dlk
(11,578 posts)calimary
(81,500 posts)What a great likeness!
Where's Michelle's?
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)pink
(497 posts)I think a portrait of an orangutan running amok through the White House spreading doggie doo would be appropriate.
pazzyanne
(6,557 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Or the text of the tweet?
Geez people
Lighten up
Autumn
(45,120 posts)portrait of President Obama - for 2021. I also saw where the person who tweeted found out that it wasn't and posted that it wasn't
Link to tweet
demmiblue
(36,893 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,646 posts)FakeNoose
(32,770 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Its perfect.
malaise
(269,182 posts)with me
Roland99
(53,342 posts)lol
Karadeniz
(22,574 posts)Vacation in Hawaii? I LOVE that bare-chested photo! Canada could no longer claim to have the western hemisphere hunk!
malaise
(269,182 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)It's so hard to catch the subtleties in a piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe as you ascend the stairs of Air Force One with canvas and oils.
Yeehah
(4,594 posts)Just an amazing piece of artwork. Stunning.
SunSeeker
(51,715 posts)DFW
(54,443 posts)I think it turned out pretty well, under the circumstances, wouldn't you say?
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Roland99
(53,342 posts)DFW
(54,443 posts)He was pretty insistent on that detail............
Roland99
(53,342 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,922 posts)The horrible, bad, no good tan suit.
JudyM
(29,279 posts)kskiska
(27,047 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Bond cool
keithbvadu2
(36,922 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)...when it first came out, regarding someone thinking that the creases/shadows at the left elbow had been subtly designed to look like an ape face?
I recall thinking that someone was trying REALLY hard to find fault with the painting.
Cha
(297,692 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,461 posts)3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)...in the National Portrait Gallery, along with the one of Michelle in the long flowing dress (with the curiously gray skin and not nearly as gorgeous as Michelle herself)?
MLAA
(17,329 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,858 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,922 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)The work is by a Dutch artist named Edwin van den Dikkenberg.
"I'm very pleased to hear that my portrait of Barack Obama appeared on Twitter!" he wrote in an email to BuzzFeed News. "I wish I had the opportunity to paint the official portrait but that's not the case."
The artist said hes flattered that people thought his work, which is for sale, was the official presidential portrait.
As an artist I am always hoping for something like this to happen! And as a professional portrait painter it would be a great honor to paint the president," he said.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)Because that portrait, while perhaps interesting, isn't White House grade.
KBlagburn
(567 posts)The image, an oil painting by Dutch artist Edwin van den Dikkenberg, is not Barack Obama's official White House portrait, a spokesperson for Obama told Mic.
"President Obama will have a portrait. The artist and image will be shared closer to the reveal. I don't have an update on when the portrait will be revealed," the spokesperson said.
Van den Dikkenberg, said in an interview he was "very pleased to hear that [his] portrait of Barack Obama appeared on Twitter. "I wish I had the opportunity to paint the official portrait, but that's not the case."
https://www.mic.com/articles/179687/no-this-is-not-barack-obamas-official-white-house-portrait
ancianita
(36,137 posts)alterfurz
(2,475 posts)"The Nightmare" by Mark Bryan
pink
(497 posts)It depicts everything.