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DENNIS P. MCCANN
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PrintNeocon Series: George W. Bush. A One Day Painting.
News Type: Event — Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:20 AM EST
Bush. © 2006, Dennis P. McCann, Paper Dragon Studios ®
Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice. © 2006, Dennis P. McCann, Paper Dragon Studios ®
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Fourth in a Series.
Background:
In the week leading up to the Congressional election, I found myself to be overly energetic. Perhaps it was the fact that I had already voted by absentee ballot, and all I could do was wait. Perhaps it was the anticipation of taking the first step toward ending our national nightmare. Perhaps it was just the Turkish coffee.
In order to use this energy in a productive way, I turned to an old exercise that I have been doing since I was a teenager - one day paintings.
The one day concept has been very beneficial for me. I find that I do some of my best work when I don't spend too much time thinking about it, and instead work from instinct. Over the years I have done many one day paintings, and they are among my favorites, and quite often get the best reviews, or sell for higher amounts.
The concept is all-inclusive; they are not just painted in one day. I stretch the canvas, prime it, sketch it, and then paint it. All in one day. All in one session, without a break.
Because the election, and all of it's underlying issues, was on my mind, I decided to paint what I saw as the most important issue, and the cause of all the problems - the neocons. The most effective way was a series of portraits, with only the color and one other element as commentary.
Bush. Acrylic on Canvas, 50 x 70 cm, 28 Nov. 2006.
Previously in the Neocon Series:
Neocon Series: Rumsfeld. A One Day Painting.
Neocon Series: Cheney. A One Day Painting.
Neocon Series: Rice. A One Day Painting.
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I painted Bush at the end of November. The next painting in the series will be Karl Rove.
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- 6 votes
#1 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:22 AM EST{"commentId":436862,"authorDomain":"populistamerica"}
great stuff! keep at it!
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":436872,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":436988,"authorDomain":"vas"}
Great painting!
Let's see... there's Wolfowitz, William Kristol, Richard Armitage,... Here's a neocon list to keep you busy for a while.
Unfortunately for you, Dennis, and for the rest of the world, there are more neocons than I think you have days left in your life. :(
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":437000,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":749428,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
Dennis, maybe a thumbnail of the other PNAC portrait options will help. Okay, I'll confess, I'm hoping the behind bars series explodes and then you are recognized as the Oracle of Ankura and we have you divine the rest of their futures with the paintings; once it is set on canvas, there's no reversing their fate, ever! *smirk*
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1764774,"authorDomain":"gumwars"}
I actually laughed out loud when I saw this one.
Incredible stuff Dennis. Are you going to do a showing on the west coast anytime soon?
{"commentId":1764774,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"gumwars"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":1764778,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":1764794,"authorDomain":"gumwars"}
Well, at least when you're the famous McCaan, I can say I knew that guy...
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{"commentId":1764805,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":1764835,"authorDomain":"gumwars"}
With work like this, word will get around.
Can't wait to see what else you have cooking in the lab.
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{"commentId":1764847,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":435260,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
I'm having a bit of a problem uploading the pictures. It took three attempts, but they're here now. I hope they stay this time.
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- 2 votes
#2 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:08 AM EST{"commentId":435265,"authorDomain":"rutty"}
It took three attempts, but they're here now.
Not for me (at the moment).
Adding photos has been an issue for me recently too
{"commentId":435265,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"rutty"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":435266,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
I still have them. Try clearing your cache and/or refreshing the page.
{"commentId":435266,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 1 vote
#3 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:16 AM EST{"commentId":435318,"authorDomain":"rutty"}
They've appeared now, thanks.
Good work too! I love the green treatment for the shadows on his face. It makes him look like an illness pervading American politics. Or something like that.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":435272,"authorDomain":"dungbeetlemania"}
Condi is my favourite. I am astounded you can do them in one day. Well done!
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- 1 vote
#4 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:25 AM EST{"commentId":435280,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":435303,"authorDomain":"chill888"}
Nice! Your best work since Rummy IMHO.
Sorry I can't bid on a Bush though ;-)
{"commentId":435303,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"chill888"}
- 3 votes
#5 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:05 AM EST{"commentId":435514,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":435306,"authorDomain":"warners"}
Dennis you've done it again. The painting is wonderful. You almost always seem to capture , on canvas, the feelings of an entire group of citizens of the world. The series speaks volumes without text or sound. I am very proud of you and so glad to have made your acquaintance.
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- 5 votes
#6 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:08 AM EST{"commentId":435515,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":435333,"authorDomain":"thepef"}
I like how Bush looks like he is behind bars wondering "how did I get here?"
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- 3 votes
#7 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:41 AM EST{"commentId":435519,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":436975,"authorDomain":"vas"}
That's what I say too -- Bush in a playpen.
Dennis, would you consider doing a series combining Abu Ghraib images with neo-con personas? Say the Cheney merged with the photo of Private England with the cigarette in her mouth, thumbs-up, pointing at the genitals of a Iraqi prisoner...
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- 2 votes
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{"commentId":437015,"authorDomain":"vas"}
I completely missed that connection! I was thinking Cheney in England's place... seems to me she was doing what he was thinking.
{"commentId":437015,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"vas"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":437016,"authorDomain":"vas"}
Certainly would generate controversy.
{"commentId":437016,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"vas"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":437023,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":436100,"authorDomain":"unplugged"}
Wow those are really very cool. The previous three are all awesome but I love the Bush one the most. It seems the most basic, but in all the right ways. The meaning instantly comes at you, we know exactly what you're saying. I love it.
If I could vote twice I would.
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- 1 vote
#8 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:16 PM EST{"commentId":436103,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":436112,"authorDomain":"prospector"}
Yup. That's frat boy alright. I like the bars. Good stuff Dennis.
{"commentId":436112,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"prospector"}
- 1 vote
#9 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:23 PM EST{"commentId":436119,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":436172,"authorDomain":"dannymcgee"}
Excellent work again, Dennis. Where can I see a bigger version of your avatar? It looks beautiful, from what little I can see of it.
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- 1 vote
#10 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:47 PM EST{"commentId":436193,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":436225,"authorDomain":"dannymcgee"}
Wow. I hope I'm not taking this too off-topic, but might you consider making prints? I'd really love to have all five of those on my bedroom wall, but I seem to have misplaced the $6,000 I had lying around. ;)
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{"commentId":436510,"authorDomain":"richardg"}
He looks shifty and a little bit dim.
Did you stop trying to find angry photos of Bush? I've always thought he looked a bit stupid and unsure of himself when I've seen him on TV. I've never seen him angry.
{"commentId":436510,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"richardg"}
- 2 votes
#11 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:23 PM EST{"commentId":436524,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":437053,"authorDomain":"melonhead"}
Good work. I'm intrigued at how the yellow and green shading on Bush's face has a maplike quality. Intended?
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- 1 vote
#12 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:20 PM EST{"commentId":437063,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
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{"commentId":437423,"authorDomain":"gpolya"}
Dennis - I liked this one of the neocon paintings least of all (or should I say I liked the person portrayed most?).
It is the least nasty - indeed it is just not nasty enough, Despite the vomit colours and the jail bars he is just too nice - he is so thoughtful, caring and concerned; with a white coat he could be a doctor checking a patients's drip flow rate.
This is not the man (?) complicit in the post-invasion excess deaths of 3.0 million people (mostly Women and Children) in the Occupied Iraqi and Palestinian Territories (see: http://mwcnews.net/content/view/11293/42/ ).
The eyes need to be shifty, guilty, cunning yet stupid ; the nostrils twisted in pathological narcissist contempt; the mouth sneering.
This benign, caring, thoughful person is surely not the same man (?) responsible for one under-5 year old infant dying every minute in the Occupied Iraqi and Afghan Territories? (check out UNICEF for this information: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html ).
Sorry for this negative review, Dennis - but the other neocon paintingss certainly are fantastically and appropriately evil - the others are great paintings of evil.
{"commentId":437423,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"gpolya"}
- 1 vote
#15 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:00 AM EST{"commentId":437432,"authorDomain":"gpolya"}
Correction to #15: sentence 3 should read "Afghan" not "Palestinian" i.e. it should read "This is not the man (?) complicit in the post-invasion excess deaths of 3.0 million people (mostly Women and Children) in the Occupied Iraqi and Afghan Territories (see: http://mwcnews.net/content/view/11293/42/ )" . Freudian slip.
{"commentId":437432,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"gpolya"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":437528,"authorDomain":"chill888"}
Gideon, While I understand your point it works for me as I see Bush as a Lazy child, and his puppetmaster's as more the evil ones.
{"commentId":437528,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"chill888"}
- 4 votes
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{"commentId":437503,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
Fifth painting in the series:
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- 3 votes
#16 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:59 AM EST{"commentId":439408,"authorDomain":"melonhead"}
aw. cute little turd blossom.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":446457,"authorDomain":"iboga"}
love the use of color, dennis. bush looks so shifty and paranoid... he looks like a monkey in a cage. very funny. man, great job. i love this one. such a beautiful painting. expertly executed. i hope that your painting will be a precursor to the future and bush will end up behind bars.
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#17 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:52 PM EST{"commentId":446567,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
{"commentId":1765886,"authorDomain":"pmags"}
So this is what you were doing in your free time.
I dig the vertical lines, the sharp borders. Metaphor for unapolegetic ideology.
{"commentId":1765886,"threadId":"62111","contentId":"488002","authorDomain":"pmags"}
- 1 vote
#18 - Sun May 4, 2008 9:50 PM EDT{"commentId":1766502,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
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