Uh, is it my imagination -- the Kelley's portrait, here --

[elehhhhna]

Do you see anything strange here?

[Berlum]

1. Sometimes a phallus is just a phallus?

[elehhhhna]

2. check the other hand, too

[Berlum]

6. Oh my.

She is making the GANG SIGN for the occult right-wing Republican Evil-Doer Ripoff Cabal. Right?

[NJCher]

20. do you think that's her other hand

Under his necktie?

Cher

[Orangepeel]

25. I only see one hand in the picture

Her hand, on the table. The shadow under his tie is just the contours of her dress, I think. His right arm just fades to black. Maybe it would be visible Orin his pocket if the picture of the picture was better/not shown at an angle.

I suppose their other arms/hands are wrapped around behind each other.

It's a tacky picture, in my opinion (it's not actually on black velvet is it?), but I don't see anything particularly strange about the hands. Sometimes I need things spelled out for me.

[Warpy]

4. That and he's all dignified in a suit

while she looks like she's on her way to Wal Mart.

Honey, if you're going to have a formal portrait done, dress for the occasion.

[zbdent]

23. I've seen people who shop at Wal-Mart ...

she'd be considered wayyyyy too formal ...

[Warpy]

44. I live in a poor area of an inner city. She'd fit right in

I imagine she'd be overdressed for Texas or Florida, though.

[hexola]

3. Besides people so self-consumed they have their portrait painted? (nt)

[Frustratedlady]

5. Her hand? eom

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Do the eyes follow you around the room?

I'm not seeing anything unusual about this homage to ego.

[elehhhhna]

8. fingers

both hands.

just saying.

[PCIntern]

10. Ewwww. Night Gallery! Nt

[PCIntern]

9. Did the guy who sells paintings at the gas station paint this?

Fourth-rate talent...bad... Embarrassingly bad.

On edit: I believe that this was painted from a photograph. It has all the hallmarks of that process.

[question everything]

36. And, is it painted on velvet? (nt)

[lunatica]

11. yeah. Where is his right hand?

I'm a portrait artist. It looks like maybe it should be in his pant's pocket, but that can't be. And why would it be depicted that way anyway? The technical artwork itself looks pretty good though the poses are odd and look contrived giving the painting a classless quality.

I really don't think the artists meant what it looks like. Maybe it's the light. Maybe someone came along afterwards and messed the portrait up. The way it looks there it almost seems like someone ruined that part of the canvas.

[JHB]

19. Speaking of hands, does she have one or is that a squid on her wrist?

[lunatica]

30. Yeah, maybe it was painted by a committee

[leveymg]

12. They both look like they could use a shower and shampoo and HIV test? What else?

She can't look straight at the viewer and has a different light source?

Is that her hand on her hip?

He appears to be disappearing from the scene?

[veganlush]

13. what am i missing? what about fingers?

What other hand?

[lunatica]

31. her left hand fingers and his right hand

Those are the only ones there.

[Amaril]

14. You mean other than that being the fugliest frame EVAH?

Hmmmmm...........no. Her dress choice was horrendous -- loud floral print + side cleveage does not equal = elegant and timeless portrait.

[Whisp]

15. what is it? Is there a larger version of this around?

I don't really see anything odd except maybe her hand - very shadowy can't see much detail.

[lunatica]

33. Look at post #29

[bluedigger]

16. Other than her hand is huge and her boobage is lopsided?

Nope, looks good to me.

[Tutonic]

17. hmmmmmm....cocaine is a hell of a drug huh?

n/t

[pnwest]

18. ok, i dont get it, somebody's gonna have to spell

it out for me...what an I missing?

[pnwest]

24. wsit a minute! is that a word painted on the

table that her finger's pointing to? What word does that look like, I can't make it out...

[Orangepeel]

26. I guess that's the signature of the painter

[hexola]

28. I dont think its painted...its like she's writing in dust...

Cant make it out though...

[JHB]

37. "Satan"

Hey, just putting it out there for our fundy friends.

[kalli007]

41. I saw "sane"

Nt

[vaberella]

21. The lady sleeping with Patreaus? If so, I agree. n/t

[TorchTheWitch]

40. no

This woman wasn't having an affair with anyone. All she did was complain of the threatening emails being sent to her from Broadwell, and for some reason both her and her sister - who has nothing to do with anything - have been shredded up, down and sideways here. Meanwhile, barely a word about either Patreaus or Allen.

[vaberella]

43. Really....Oh so she wasn't involved?!

She's the one with the twin right? They made it seem as though she was having an affair with Patreaus in one of the articles I was reading and (this one I know to be false) that her and her sister had special invite into the White House with their families when in actuality they went to the "open to the public" locations.

[TwilightGardener]

22. I dunno. I see boobs and his tie is sticking out like

he's very portly. And she has ManHands.

[lunatica]

32. He looks like he's holding his pee-pee

[TwilightGardener]

34. This is true. Hard to see where his hands are at..in his pockets?

[lunatica]

39. If we have to ask that question then the artistic quality isn't very good

[Chorophyll]

27. That they make the Kardashians look like noble geniuses? nt

[hexola]

29. Bigger pic here - I think the word is the artists sig...

[aletier_v]

35. maybe they ran out of money, so the artist never finished it

[SidDithers]

38. She's got really big...

hands.

Sid

[Buns_of_Fire]

42. Is that a new style wedding ring?

I'm not familiar with that style of knot in his tie, but at least it doesn't hang to his knees.

They need to fire whoever dusts their tables.

Perhaps just a wee too much boobage in a formal portrait (her, not him).

Who has a formal portrait done these days, anyway?

[PCIntern]

45. As I said above...

I am almost certain it is painted from a photo. They always look cartoonish for a variety of reasons. That's why great artists usually require live models for official portraits.o