Obama portraits: A picture is worth a thousand words

Great story in the New York Times and the Boston Globe about the inspiration created by President Obama:"Perhaps not since John F. Kennedy, whose dusty portraits can still be seen in kitchens and barbershops and alongside the antique beer cans at bars like Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta, has a presidency so fanned the flames of painterly ardor among hobbyist and professional artists," reports Randy Kennedy in the NYT.

Check out: obamaartreport.com, artofobama.com and badpaintingsofbarackobama.com.

While the story kind of pokes fun, I'm proud that a politician and a president can inspire people. Makes me proud to be an American. I betObama is rivaling Che Guevara on T-shirts!

Kennedy: Market interest has also helped small-time artists like Dan Lacey, of tiny Elko, Minn., has painted portrayals of the 44th president naked on a unicorn, often performing gallant deeds like wrestling a bear on Wall Street or taking the controls of the US Airways flight that landed in the Hudson River.

“There’s a consistent demand for Obama, both for things that are funny and also for the serious, sort of Aaron Shikler kinds of treatments,” said Mr. Lacey.