Sarah Palin painted in the nude at Old Town Ale House in Chicago

[JonLP24]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Bruce Elliott, whose wife owns the Old Town Ale House, painted this nude portrait of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. He said his daughter, who does a good impression of the Alaska governor, served as model. (Kuni Takahashi, Chicago Tribune / September 29, 2008)

Bruce Elliott has painted a nude portrait of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and hung it above the Old Town Ale House, where it's now a prime attraction among his display of more than 200 celebrity portraits and other racy art.

Elliott's wife, Tobin Mitchen, owns the bar on Chicago's North Side,

Palin became Elliott's muse after he saw her on TV.

"I've been following her religiously," he said Monday at the bar. "I had never heard of her before, like everyone else. I find her bizarrely fascinating, even though I pretty much despise everything she stands for."

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-sarah-palin-nude-0930,0,273867.story

[Fresh_Start]

1. actually the guy painted his naked daughter

as Sarah Palin which rather disturbs me

[cui bono]

7. No kidding. Me too!

That is weird without the daughter part. Using his daughter as the model is creepy.

[Fresh_Start]

9. here's the link to the story

"Elliott employed his daughter as the model for Palin’s body and drew on photo references to depict her from the neck up. While many women might cringe at the idea of posing nude for their fathers, Grace proudly informs gawkers that they’re staring at her body up on the wall."

http://windycitizen.com/news/old-town/2008/09/29/a-real-nasty-piece-of-work-chicago-dive-bar-scores-hit-with-nude-sarah-pali

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. Thank you for the clarification.

[Crabby Appleton]

12. Me too, creepy

[indie_voter]

14. I agree. It's very creepy. n/t

[Schema Thing]

2. more salt please

:popcorn:

[ogneopasno]

3. LBN?

Um. No.

[JonLP24]

6. Request for it to be moved then

[FarLeftRage]

4. HMMMMMM....

IBTL!

[Mabus]

5. Suddenly I don't feel hungry anymore. (p.s. found link for you)

For story: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-palinnude0930,0,1952631.story

[cui bono]

8. Offensive?

Yes (5973 responses)65.2%

No (3192 responses)34.8%

* 9165 total responses

[FuzzyDicePHL]

10. Totally ambiguous

I had to decide whether I wanted to answer YES (it's offensive to see a representation of Palin in particular nude), YES (fine art nudes offend me), or NO (nude paintings are art).

Evidently, the idea of it being art is lost on some people.

[torbird]

11. I don't see the positive in this, from a political standpoint.

Art being art, what else is there to say.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

13. Palin reminds me of Peggy

[JonLP24]

16. Peggy is much smarter then Palin, literally

[Mike Daniels]

18. I don't know...Peggy thinks she's smart but the reality is she really isn't all that bright

I think that puts her and Palin pretty much on even ground.

And yes, I'm debating the intelligence of two cartoons (and no, that's not a counting error).

[Indenturedebtor]

19. Good call! Yeah the naked daughter thing is disturbing... n/t

[Roland99]

15. "So *that's* how it is in their family."

[ThomWV]

17. The Picture: