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2025-04-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Artist who painted ''worst'' Trump portrait for Colorado State Capitol says 41-year career may be doomed after prez''s criticism

[NYPOST] The artist behind a portrait of Donald Trump

...Oh, noze! Not him!...
in the Colorado State Capitol says her career could be in tatters now that the president has besmirched it on social media.

Sarah Boardman's painting of the president had hung in the Denver building for six years before Trump called it ''purposefully distorted'' and ''truly the worst'' on his Truth Social platform in January, prompting state politicians to yank it off the wall.

Now the artist's 41-year career ''is in danger of not recovering'' from the backlash, Boardman said in a statement on her website on Saturday.

Image of the thing at the link. It isn’t a faithful likeness, I fear. The question is whether President Trump was being kind when he said it was purposefully distorted — the alternative being that she actually thought she nailed it...

''For the 6 years that the portrait hung in the Colorado State Capitol Building Rotunda, I received overwhelmingly positive reviews and feedback,'' Boardman said.

People generally won’t tell an artist they don’t like her work — it feels mean. That’s why there are paid critics, universally hated for their clever viciousness.

''Since President Trump's comments, that has changed for the worst.''

Posted by Fred 2025-04-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11161 views ] Top

#1 "If it's not the consequences of my own actions!"

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-04-07 07:08|| 2025-04-07 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 A presidential portrait should look presidential. That one don't. First impression is high school art class or the artists feelings leaked into her work. Given Colorado's politics, that fact that the pic hung in the capitol is more condemnation than accolade.

Q: Has the girl doomed her career or established her brand? I predict a great demand for pouty Trump pix in the coming years so we may be looking at a golden age of bad portraiture.

Posted by SteveS 2025-04-07 08:18|| 2025-04-07 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 But I thought EVERYBODY opposed whatever Trump said. So Trump criticizing her portrait should ENHANCE her reputation.

Posted by Rambler 2025-04-07 08:49|| 2025-04-07 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh lord ... I shouldn't have looked at that thing. High School level work, indeed! And no one said a word for six years, eh? Colorado is in worse shape than I thought.

Posted by Chicago Lurker 2025-04-07 09:43|| 2025-04-07 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 It looks like a purposefully distorted image done by a mediocre artist.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-04-07 13:51|| 2025-04-07 13:51|| Front Page Top

#6 ^We live in the age of pushy mediocracies.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-04-07 14:28|| 2025-04-07 14:28|| Front Page Top

#7 To prove she was wrong, make her paint her own portrait! I bet she’ll get that one right! She’s no Norman Rockwell.

Posted by Chomogum Ebbainter3111 2025-04-07 14:54|| 2025-04-07 14:54|| Front Page Top

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