Chicago Artist Unveils Painting Depicting a Nude Sarah Palin

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You can't say the Chicago of Barack Obama doesn't have a sense of political humor. Artist Bruce Elliott, whose wife owns a popular Second City gin joint, is showing one of his most recent paintings at his spouse's bar. According to a story in today's Chicago Tribune, the work is a rendition of a nude Sarah Palin. The former vice presidential candidate did not model for the painting; the artist's daughter did provide the full frontal exposure needed for Elliott to express himself.

I think Elliott is a campaign too late, as his painting would have made one helluva political poster. You'll have to go to the Trib story to see the Chicago painter's work; in the meantime, you'll just have to be satisfied with Botticelli.