Abraham Obama by Ron English

by Scott Beale on June 2, 2008 · 6 comments

Abraham Obama

Ron English just sent us this amazing image of “Abraham Obama”, his latest painting featuring Barack Obama combined with Abraham Lincoln.

UPDATE: Prints of “Abraham Obama” are now available through Upper Playground.

painting by Ron English

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1 adam jackson June 2, 2008 at 4:15 pm

Wow. That’s extremely creepy! Seriously. Amazing and beautiful but oh so creepy.

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2 Charles June 17, 2008 at 9:48 pm

I think that it’s sad and disrespectful to use Abraham Lincoln as a tool to further this guys political agenda.

Lincoln is an American icon and hero: He deserves better than to be used in propaganda.

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