Obama 2010 Midterm Election Tear

A painting of Barack Obama shedding 2010 midterm election tears-



Obama 2010 Midterm Election Tears - Ebay Art Auction

The Reverend Billy Graham and Rio Rita are Art Studio Besties

Billy Graham and Rio Rita, chillin behind an easel in the studio.

Meg Whitman Is A Dirty Pancake Whore Painting

An oil painting of California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman as a dirty pancake whore-



Thanks to The Village Voice for posting my 'Rush The Hut' painting and linking to a collection of past Rush Limbaugh art.

Meg Whitman Pancake Whore - Ebay Art Auction

Christine O'donnell Halloween Tea Party Witch Painting

An oil painting of Christine O'Donnell as a Halloween Tea Party witch.



This is a rework of a painting which I had briefly posted here a few weeks ago.

Christine O'donnell Halloween Witch - Ebay Art Auction

Barack Obama Nude On A Unicorn / Rescue Of The Chilean Miners

An oil painting of Barack Obama Nude On A Unicorn rescuing the trapped Chilean miners-



Barack Obama Nude On A Unicorn - Rescue Of The Chilean Miners

This and that

I spent some time on Sunday painting in the cafe at the Minnesota Historical Society. Here's a bad Netbook photo of a portrait of Archbishop Nienstedt, in progress-



-and scanned later at home-


That's the now infamous 'Preserving Marriage In Minnesota' DVD above his head. I've started this portrait by painting mostly just the midtones.  Now that the general impression of the portrait is established I can work on the details.

I have a number of commissions lately that I'm having a difficult time finishing.  Sometimes you just get into a funk and nothing looks right.  I dislike sending out paintings I know could be better, if I could only wait for that period of time when I felt rested and positive.

I recently finished this portrait of Farrah Fawcett which I originally auctioned a while back on Ebay.  I knew the bidder was a regular collector who wouldn't be too concerned if I tried to work this into something better, so I took advantage of his friendship, but I think he ended up with a better painting-



It finally has that painfully vibrant '70's technicolor TV look which I was originally trying for.

Candysilk on Ebay is another regular collector who received two portraits of Michael Jackson after a long delay at British Customs.  I suspect the customs agents took the paintings out of their package and displayed them in their offices for a few weeks before finally passing them along. I started this replacement portrait of MJ before her paintings finally arrived, but she's been such a patient fan I'm finishing the painting and sending it to her as a gift anyway-


-almost completed....

Little Miz Mixi is a professional lyricist who discovered my portrait of Michael Jackson and Tupac Shakur online and asked for a larger copy.  Completed, but it needs that few more hours to make it something special....



Harley's portrait, still sitting on my drawing board.  So sorry, Diane!-


Even though I have all of these unresolved projects, I've begun a new Barack Obama Nude On A Unicorn painting which I call 'The Rescue Of The Chilean Miners.'  Here's a sketch-



I'm trying for something comparable to my 'Wall Street Obama' painting from last year-

The Martyrdom Of Glenn Beck Painting Auction

Revised from a few days ago, a painting which I call 'The Martyrdom Of Glenn Beck.'  I made so many changes to the image I decided to pull the auction and relist it on Ebay as a completely new painting.



This painting features Glenn Beck autographing Jesus Christ's lioncloth at a Washington D.C. anti Obama Tea Party rally. This is the same Christ that appeared in my 'You Are Not Alone' Michael Jackson painting from last year. Glenn wears a crown of dripping teabags on his head beneath a fake halo. 'Cigar Guy' and a few additional personages appear in the background as well.

The Martyrdom Of Glenn Beck - Ebay Art Auction

Two New Obama Unicorn Paintings, In Progress

I usually begin a new Obama Unicorn painting by applying an oil wash directly onto the canvas without any sort of acrylic underpainting. The washes themselves become layers of underpainting.  This particular technique requires a solid block of time to finish the painting from beginning to end.

The first new 'Barack Obama Nude On A Unicorn' painting is a commission featuring Justin Bieber, Obama, the patron, Penelope the Unicorn, and House. The first wash is painted very roughly, but I usually won't deviate too much from the initial design as the painting progresses. From this point forward its just a matter of refinement.



The second painting is inspired by Ke$ha's Tik Tok.



Thanks to The New Yorker news blog for the include.

Here's a selection of recent posts and references of my paintings which I've discovered in my referrer stats-

http://www.rufusisnodufus.com/post/1100276931/betty-white-with-pies-for-breasts-by-dan-lacey


http://www.facebook.com/regretsy#!/posted.php?id=285066400359&share_id=113381032051626&comments=1#s113381032051626


http://www.facebook.com/regretsy#!/posted.php?id=285066400359&share_id=145950115440662&comments=1#s145950115440662


http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/09/ah_but_its_only_a_few_bad_appl.php


http://www.snuson.com/forum/showthread.php?17127-Obama-unicorn-art&s=cd31b905bf1b5bd46b7bf1cd83946e4b&p=328351#post328351


http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=83929


http://www.livedash.com/transcript/tosh.0/66/COMEDYP/Monday_September_13_2010/297277/


http://www.therealtsm.com/index.php?topic=44.720


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2590089/posts


http://shinyredthings.tumblr.com/post/1098838159/we-have-got-to-get-this-for-our-house-barack


http://spaceghetto.st/sgd/index.php?q=node/55890


http://mjloveanddreams.jun.pl/login.php?redirect=viewtopic.php&t=211&sid=bcbf1f54a7e4976cae6c5f7f6614ee66


http://www.kozaczek.pl/plotka2.php?idp=14648 (not my drawing)


http://www.crushspot.com/forums/2/3222150/real-talk-cs.html?met_origin=profile_topics


http://www.thetreeofliberty.com/vb/showthread.php?t=117654


http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/4418527/1


http://www.positivelymichael.com/forums/showthread.php?291-Anyone-seen-this


http://airsoftnj.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=16522&start=1950


http://3lilbirdies.blogspot.com/2010/09/eviction-notice.html


http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=13237&Disp=38


http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7661426


http://www.ponylandcatfights.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2764


http://www.nsrclan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8295&start=100


http://forum.crazy-orc.org/index.php?topic=955.1950


http://spaceghetto.st/sgd/index.php?q=node/55890#comments


http://forum.ebaumnation.com/showthread.php?52822-whos-your-smash-bros-character


http://michaeljacksonmyobsession.blogspot.com/2010/09/michael-jackson-al-oleo.html


http://re-marked.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=398:dan-lacey-is-a-national-treasure&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50


http://supersecretclubhouse.blogspot.com/


http://www.ssd-incorporated.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3496&start=10&sid=34374ed8169fdfc05501d4a772c2fea2


http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/25/331009.page


http://therealtimer.com/Author-and-Journalist-Christopher-Hitchens-Diagnosed-With-Throat


http://madsomeness.tumblr.com/post/1139102330/via-www-faithmouse-com


http://www.crushspot.com/forums/1/3225846/everyone-has-their-opinion.html?met_origin=home_topics


http://blogs.ign.com/thetrueodinson/2010/09/11/148340/


http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/ajax.html#page:showThread,9654123,1


http://wddp.org/index.php?/topic/461-wddp-%E6%9D%80%E6%9D%80%E6%9D%80%E6%9D%80%E6%9D%80%E6%9D%80%E6%9D%80-kill-kill-kill-kill-kill-kill-kill/page__pid__562484__st__302760


http://www.network54.com/Forum/181413/thread/1285076249/last-1285083814/Happy+birthday+Funk!


http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52590&page=768


http://www.michael-jackson.ugu.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15


http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=141500002559820&id=100001180772681


http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40145813811


http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40145813811#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=159295924083376&id=510534312


http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1356825794&v=wall&story_fbid=112677162122608


http://alucinada50.blogspot.com/2010/09/uma-arte-de-michael-jackson-gallery-por.html


http://www.plurlife.com/forum/general-discussion/22305-too-many-goonz-raves-now-2.html


http://profetalive.blogspot.com/2010/09/gallery-por-dan-lacey.html


http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=5643170&cpp=1


http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?p=49169699


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orly_Taitz


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2597700/posts?page=7


http://corpuscallawesome.tumblr.com/post/1045059276/this-belongs-on-all-of-our-walls-from


http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=5654644&startid=63739152


http://www.diary.ru/~opsyana/p104701934.htm?from=last&discuss


http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=13572


http://the10c.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=972&page=197


http://www.facebook.com/nlubofsky/posts/142616999117048


http://twitter.com/HydrationIsKey/status/25854845315


http://twitter.com/baronsarwar/status/25735908552


http://foros.vogue.es/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=90624&start=9025

My Rahm Emanuel Paintings

Considering the imminent departure from Washington by White House Chief Of Staff Rahm Emanuel, it seems an appropriate time to post a collection of my varied portraits of the same.

My first portrait of Rahm, with bagel and lox poised upon his silvery head-



After posting and auctioning this portrait on Ebay I received two requests for commissions of Rahm in a similar pose.

Rahm with lox on the bagel...and cream cheese!



Subsequently framed-



-and posted by proud art collecter and blogger The White Sade.

Soon after followed a request for a portrait of Rahm with a small loaf of challah bread balanced on top of his head.  This is the first time I've posted this particular painting online-



This portrait now resides somewhere in Australia.

Not everyone recognized my portrayal of Rahm in this Barack Obama Nude On A Unicorn painting-



-but many did, including the posters from this message board from earlier today-

ANGRY ~POLITICALLY CORRECT~ THREAD -No One's Message Board


Finally and also by request was born this painting of the three Emanuel brothers in the form of a pancake laden, Christmas greeting-



'Oh Come Ye, Emanuels.'

Rahm Out, Rouse In On Friday - Politico

Repainted Fabric Cat Pancake, Revised Marco Cat Pancake, and A Revised John Boehner Meat Suit Portrait

My wife who is a professional harpist played a few library concerts in upstate Minnesota last week.  Acting as her roadie gave me the excuse to stay offline for a few days and concentrate on finishing a few projects.

A month or so ago I mailed Fabric the Cat's pancake portrait to the wrong address and it disappeared into the ether.  Here's the repainted portrait- 



I'm sorry to say that my own cat Marco has gotten into some very bad habits lately.  Here he is hiding behind the bathroom door.  He should.  Here's his revised pancake painting-



The John Boehner meat suit portait from a few weeks ago, with additional detail- 

Thanks For The Cake, Mark Potts

Mark Potts of Singletree Productions sent me this pic of his bridegroom's cake, which was based upon a painting I made earlier this year of Mark and his pug-



That's just the coolest thing ever.

On Friday, S&M Lawn Care will debut at the Friar Club's Comedy Film Festival in New York.  In October, S&M plays at the Austin Film Festival.

John Boehner Meat Suit Portrait

House minority leader John Boehner wearing a suit made out of meat.

John Boehner Meat Suit Portrait - Ebay Art Auction

The Pig's Dream

The Pig's Dream.

The Pig's Dream - Ebay Art Auction

My Betty White Pies

My YouTube video channel.



Thanks so much to Helen Killer at Regretsy for the recent post regarding my Betty White painting.

I'm sorry to say that the original painting was auctioned a month and a half ago, but prints are available on Ebay-

Betty White Pies Print - Ebay

Obama Pancake Portraits

I had posted and auctioned this pancake of Barack Obama a few weeks ago on Ebay, then decided the thing needed a few hours of additional detail.  Thanks to the winning bidder for not objecting to the revisions.



Barack Obama with half a pancake on his head.

Yesterday I painted a new Obama pancake, which is currently posted on Ebay.



Could use a revision as well. In the meantime-

Obama Finger Point Pancake - Ebay Art Auction

John Elway With A Pancake On His Helmet

A portrait of former quarterback John Elway of the Denver Broncos with a pancake on top of his helmet-



John Elway Pancake - Ebay Art Auction

Glenn Beck Pancake Halo

A portrait of Glenn Beck with a pancake halo-



Glenn Beck Pancake Halo - Ebay Art Auction

A few things

A preview of a painting which I should have posted in two days, photographed besides the previously posted Steven Slater revision)-



A new entry on my NSFW blog: a request via Poe-News.

Steven Slater Jetblue Surreal Pancake

I had planned this revision of my previous Steven Slater painting to a be criticism of the PR person who is now handling Steven and nixed the opportunity for the previous auction to be plugged on Good Morning America, but at the last moment I decided to overpaint the image and make it into something surreal instead.

I've always had a distaste for people in the entertainment business who pick fights with one another.  Life is short; let's just move on.

Steven Slater Surreal Pancake - Ebay Art Auction

Why I Pulled My Steven Slater Jetblue Ebay Benefit Art Auction

An explanation of why I pulled my Steve Slater Jetblue Benefit Auction painting, which at this time yesterday was at a bid of $535 with 74 Ebayers watching-



I tried from the start of the auction to contact Steve in order to arrange transferring the payment for the painting to his account, which would have been pretty simple for Steve if he had an email address and didn't mind signing up for Paypal.  Stories regarding the auction appeared on Gawker, ABCnews.com, MSNBC.com, The Wall Street Journal, etc., so I assumed if Steve was following the news he would eventually notice the story and contact me.  For the record, I also emailed his online legal defense fund site asking for a way to directly contact Steve, but they never responded as well.

A week ago I received a phone call from Good Morning America.  They wanted to air a promo on the painting but needed some word back from Steve or a family member that they were aware of the auction and approved of it, which I can understand; if GMA was going to plug the auction they didn't want to feel scammed. 

Finally by way of a message on Steven Slater's lawyers phone I was able to contact Steven's publicist, Howard Bragman of Fifteen Minutes.  Howard personally responded immediately, declining to help but offering best wishes on the auction and a promise of maybe sometime in the future setting up a Steve Slater legal fund which anyone could contribute to.

So, I decided to pull the auction.  I couldn't in good faith accept someone else's money and then transfer it over to a second-hand party.  I was dissapointed that Mr. Bragman could have helped with the auction but didn't. 
I'd like to thank all of the people who bid on the auction and all who were following it.  The good news is that Steven Slater probably doesn't need your $535 dollars any longer.