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THe DUDe'S LaST SUPPeR is a combined homage to the 1998 Coen Brothers film "The Big Lebowski" and the 15th century mural painting of Leonardi da Vinci's "The Last Supper". The painting is now owned by a private collector.

Sean Patrick Rielly’s
-ICONIC PAINTINGS
from History, Literature and Popular Culture

While working on the managerial side of the animation industry, this San Fernando Valley native found himself developing his own style of caricature. Within this style, noses are not represented. Are the noses cut off to spite their faces? Can the characters not see past the end of their noses? Is this the direct result of them keeping their noses to the grindstone? The question is left open ended. The heads are always inflated. The eyes are big and expressive, yet semi-vacant and sometimes slightly cock-eyed. The face is always contorted into a never-ending scream, gasp or exclamation. These elements are combined into an overall result that perfectly reflects the artist's personal feelings about our shared history, literature and popular culture.

...and because I adore the Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Rather than paint the main characters of the story, I decided to paint the first generation of superheroes in the comic, the MINUTEMEN circa 1940.

well, here we are my friends, just a little over a year since i started the ICONIC PAINTINGS from History, Literature and Popular Culture. LEBOWSKI's LAST SUPPER is the last painting in this series. It's been a fantastic voyage, but it's time to to move on to a new theme. Perhaps one that is a little more focused in theme. Any suggestions? I was thinking about FAMOUS BATTTLES or HISTORY'S LESSER KNOWN HEROES or even SAD EYES, CROOKED CROSSES, a return to my 'old school' style of painting. Drop me a line with your two cents.

thanks,

misterEtickets

it's kind of funny and kind of sad, that i'm in a place right now where i'm nostalgic about working on the weekends.

the deeper, darker question to ask yourself is...

why is NASA looking for other earth sized planets?

a self promotion image taken from the quintessential album by one of the first comical pop music groups.

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT- FACT: Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of 31 radio broadcasts referred to as the FIRESIDE CHATS. He was quite skilled at ad libbing his speeches and would often take two drafts of the same speech and extemporaneously dictate a third draft.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA II- FACT: Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He is a cigarette smoker, currently trying to quit a two decade long habit.

THEODORE 'TEDDY' ROOSEVELT- FACT: While preparing to give a campaign speech in Milwaukee, a mentally unstable man attempted to assassinate Roosevelt, and shot him with a pistol at point blank range. Wounded, Roosevelt declared "It will take more than that to kill a bull moose!" and finished his lengthy speech before visiting a hospital.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN- FACT: Lincoln used adept political genius and acute managerial skill in selecting his presidential cabinet. His cabinet was composed of rivals from within his own political party. For more information on Lincoln's cabinet, I strongly suggest you read Doris Kearns Goodwin's TEAM OF RIVALS.



ABRAHAM LINCOLN FACT: Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president to hold a patent. In May of 1849, he received Patent No. 6469 for a device to lift boats over shoals. His invention was never manufactured.
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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON - FACT: He was sixty-eight years old when he ran for president. He was the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan. His age was a major issue during the campaign. After winning the White House, in an effort to show his health and vigor, he had the longest inaugural address of any president, clocking in at a little over two hours and 8,444 words long. He wore no overcoat in the harsh, cold, winter morning in Washington D.C. This was March 4th, 1841.



WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON - FACT: That same month, on March 24th, 1841, he came down with a cold that developed into pneumonia and pleurisy. He died nine days later on April 4th, 1841. Doctors and scholars continue to argue whether the two incidents were related.

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George Washington is the only president elected unanimously by the electoral college. He was one of America's first patron of the arts, purchasing colonial landscapes of the Americas. He was also quite a lively dancer and fond of gambling.

Here's my painting of General Washington taking Trenton from the British.