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Barack Obama - by Shawn Barber

January 22nd, 2009 : by Rainey


Oil on panel, 16 x 20 inches

This painting was commissioned by the Wall Street Journal for their special Inauguration edition.  Barber is known for his amazing tattooed portraits and you can checkout his site for those.

artist & website: Shawn Barber - http://www.sdbarber.com/

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5 Responses to “Barack Obama - by Shawn Barber”

  1. tinktank Says:
    January 22nd, 2009 at 11:09 am

    The painting has so much life. I would love to see some zooms, do you know of any?

  2. admin Says:
    January 22nd, 2009 at 11:20 am

    I didn’t see anything like that, sorry. That would be nice to see though.

  3. Aarti Harish Says:
    January 24th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    Wow…amazing…!!

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