Barack Obama Yes We Can is a painting by Miki De Goodaboom which was uploaded on December 1st, 2008.
Barack Obama Yes We Can
(Based on a photo by Bill Burke, pageonephoto.com)... more
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Title
Barack Obama Yes We Can
Artist
Miki De Goodaboom
Medium
Painting - Pastel And Colour Pencils On Paper
Description
(Based on a photo by Bill Burke, pageonephoto.com)
So, my first Barack Obama portrait is finished.
I think it is quite different from the portraits I have seen from him on the net. On most of them the artists emphasize only one aspect of his personality.
This is not what I wanted.
I wanted to paint Obama as a human being, with all his facets:
his humanity, his leadership, his honesty, his hopes, his decisiveness�
Of course I never met him personally, so it can only be the Barack Obama I perceive through the TV and the photos I have seen from him. And I saw all of these qualities on his face.
I can only hope that I have caught a little bit of his soul�
And if you are wondering what he is counting�. words of course:
�Yes We Can!�
My special thanks go to Bill, from pageonephoto.com, who allowed me to use one of his photos to make this portrait.
Uploaded
December 1st, 2008
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Comments (3)
Miki From Planet Goodaboom
Good morning Ted! Would be great to meet up in Arles and paint together there.. like Van Gogh and Gauguin... but who is Van Gogh, who is Gauguin? :-) I was there already, but it is many years ago, and it as for a short time and I hadn't time to paint... Anyway, ofc ourse we keep in contact and let us see where our roads will cross again. But as I said, you are always welcome to come to our home here in Turre, we have a nice room for you!
Ted Hebbler
Hi Miki...nice work on Obama,very beautiful.....as fall approaches,I will stay in touch with you and Kev..I always wanted to do 4 or 5 paintings in Arles in honor of Van Gogh....I will probably do 1 week in Paris then go down to Arles for a week,then back to Paris then fly back to America...perhaps we can coordinate dates down the road...would be fun to hang out together....Ted