Barack and Jesse Jackson in Hawaii

When the Reverend Jesse Jackson made those comments about how he wanted to "cut Barack Obama's nuts off" I knew I had the inspiration for a painting. Of course, I had no desire to portray any sort of ghastly, gruesome imagery that would take Jackson's comments literally because I'm trying to make these paintings PG-rated and clean. But I thought it would be fun to experiment with some symbols and images that would indirectly convey what Jackson said without
having to be explicit in showing any castration images, which of course would be crude, disgusting and in bad taste. We all know that Jesse Jackson meant what he said figuratively and this painting is done in good fun, just as a way of recording and commemorating a moment in election history... . . . . . Click to read more

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