Comments on: Official Bush Portraits (Updated)

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:11:38 +0000

…and, Pendelton Shirts come in many different fabrics now, where they were always wool before.

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:10:38 +0000

Changing times…

By: Aplomb

Aplomb — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:59:43 +0000

Maybe, AD, but it looks funny to me. I see a lot of that style here in Austin (double flap pockets) but not made out of what looks like blue oxford cotton like you would have with dress shirts. Also, I don’t like the way the sleeves are hiking up his arms.

I mean, he probably did show up for the portrait dressed like that, and did strike that pose and the artist thought it captured his personality best, and I do think it is a pretty good portrait of the guy. He looks open and friendly and down to earth. It’s a good pose and look in a candid photo. It just doesn’t look like an official Presidential portrait to me. They should be wearing a suit, standing by a window holding a pen or leaning on a desk or something. Maybe I’m old fashioned but this is gonna look kind of odd if you were to go through a slideshow of all the earlier ones and get to this one.

By: truthnjustice

truthnjustice — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:52:14 +0000

3. I agree. Some of the literature I have read about Bush says that he has always been respectful of the position and the white house. He wears a tie/suit almost every day (Clinton often wore jeans at the white house). It seems as though the official portrait would reflect his style of dress a little more accurately.

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:46:16 +0000

Shirt…Isn’t that a “Pendelton Shirt”?
If so, sort of standard “work casual” for the TX back-country.

By: Aplomb

Aplomb — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:37:11 +0000

Laura’s is quite beautiful and very evocative of her personality, as far as we in the public who lived in her time know it — calm, gentle, literate. A+ official portrait.

George’s is just odd. He doesn’t have to be holding an eagle in one hand and a globe in the other but it just doesn’t look like an official Presidential portrait. It’s actually a good portrait of the man but not for the official Presidential one. Have him wearing a suit at least. Also, that’s a weird shirt. Put him in a standard blue oxford dress shirt if you want, or in a double flap pocket cowboy shirt if you want, but I have never seen a mutant hybrid shirt like that before.

By: jwarner

jwarner — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:47:37 +0000

Nice.

By: Juan

Juan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:08:55 +0000

It’s been many years since I was in DC, but I did go on an East Wing tour. They had Hillary and Bill Clinton’s portrait relatively unprotected and I was impressed no crazies had tampered with it.

I would bet 20 bucks that someone puts a showprint on Bush’s portrait. I hope they save the real painting and display a print.

These are pretty good portraits.