I’ve gotten behind on my website and uploading the most recent images to my gallery / store with all of the surgeries lately. Take a little time and scroll down the page and click on an image you like to view at high resolution.
Newley added Mr Bean gallery images. Click on the link above the images below to see the full resolution images.and downloadable files.
Just finished my latest commission for one of those trump fans… NOT! Just having a little fun continuing the long tradition of Political Satire…
So, there’s one for the Democrats, now a little something for the Republican Party:
Pelosi Zombified
The history of Political Satire
The oldest example of political satire that has survived till today is Aristophanes. In his time satire targeted top politicians, like Cleon, and religion, at the time headed by Zeus. “Satire and derision progressively attacked even the fundamental and most sacred facts of faith,” leading to an increased doubt towards religion by the general population. The Roman period, for example, gives us the satirical poems and epigrams of Martial. Cynic philosophers often engaged in political satire
Satire can be traced back throughout history; wherever organized government, or social categories, has existed, so has satire. Due to lack of political freedom of speech in many ancient civilizations, covert satire is more usual than overt satire in ancient literatures of political liberalism. Historically, the public opinion in the Athenian democracy was remarkably influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters.
Watching or reading satire has since ancient time been considered one of the best ways to understand a culture and a society.
During the 20th and 21st Centuries satire is found in an increasing number of media (in cartoons as political cartoons with heavy caricature and exaggeration, and in political magazines) and the parallel exposure of political scandals to performances (including television shows). Examples include musicians such as Tom Lehrer, live performance groups like the Capitol Steps and the Montana Logging and Ballet Co., and public television and live performer Mark Russell. Additional sub-genres include such literary classics as Gulliver’s Travels and Animal Farm, and more recently, internet Ezine and website sources such as The Onion.
Thanks for stopping by. Much more to come very soon!
Tonight’s post is a portrait of Rembrandt’s Soldier Bean in full 16″ x 20″ x 300DPI poster size print, the latest of and now available in my Mr Bean Collection.
This piece was a commission for a client who wanted a 16 x 20 image to appear as a painting and is to be framed like an old master. These are always a lot of fun and great practice. I actually made a major breakthrough experimenting on this image with some new techniques that I will incorporate on all of my future work. I also learned a couple of new techniques in the latest Adobe Creative Suite.
Well, it’s Saturday night and after a very long wait of many months with broken titanium in my back, I go in Monday morning at 4:30am to have it all pulled out and done over. Wish me luck!
Facelift – a portrait of Mrs Bean. This is the latest addiction to my Mr Bean Collection. Click the image for details or Click Here for the entire Mr Bean Experience.
This is a movie spoof looking back on Bruce Willis’s Die Hard movies, this time staring Rowan Atkinson’s Mr Bean character. Mr Bean is always a lot of fun and people just can’t seem to get enough of him. I lived in Scotland during his heyday and enjoyed watching his TV show. Tonight, I add a little life back into the old character which I think is timeless. Check out the rest of the Mr Bean Collection here.
