Obamanation - Jon McNaughton

Obamanation (One Painting That Says It All)

I chose to use an undisclosed studio so I could paint privately, without interruption, to focus on the task of embedding in a single painting all the subtle, mindless, radical and dangerous atrocities of the Obama administration.

I am just one person, a citizen of this country using my first amendment rights to speak out through my art. This is my declaration that we have never had a president do more to harm our country than Barack Obama.

To those who scoff or wish to trivialize this painting, I challenge you... I DARE YOU... study the links of the various symbols and metaphors that you see. There are over 60 in the painting. No person can analyze this image and learn about these facts and still, in good conscience, vote for Obama in 2012.

I do not hate Obama, but I hate the fact that I had to paint this picture. Has the painting gone too far? I knew when I did this that most Obama supporters would reject what I have done. But as a Conservative, I'm fed up with the corruption in Washington. And I'm sick of the political correctness that has derailed our country!

My art is an expression of the times in which I live and people will know how Jon McNaughton felt about being alive in America in 2012.

Take the Challenge! If you still choose Obama, congratulations...you're a part of the Obamanation.

Go to www.jonmcnaughton.com

McNaughton Answers Questions Regarding "Obamanation."

What do you hope to accomplish?
Someone once said, "there is nothing more irritating than being awaken from a sound sleep"—I hope to wake up a few. If anyone is undecided about voting for Obama, please study the painting, take the challenge, share it with your friends and help us to expose this man and vote him out of office this November.

Are you doing this for the money?
No. I paint what is important to me, but I know there are many who feel the same as I do about Obama. I am a professional artist. I make my living providing a service and I get paid to do it. The vast majority who view my work never pay a nickel. They pass it around on the Internet with their friends or see it on someone's wall.

This is just propaganda.
It seems funny that when a liberal artist paints a political motif it is called artistic expression, but when a conservative does the same thing critics call it "propaganda." When I think of propaganda I think of early twentieth century war posters commissioned by the Nazis and Communist regimes. It usually conveys a negative meaning, so I know why my critics like to use it to describe me. But I am not the government! I am simply one individual, a citizen of this country using my first amendment rights to speak out through my art.

Do you think this is art?
What is art? There are many certified art experts who would love to tell you the answer. Their opinions mean little to me because I only paint to satisfy my desire to share a message. For me, art has a way of communicating both thoughts and feelings that words fail to adequately express. If my art causes another to think and to feel, it is a success. I use metaphor and symbol because it leaves more for the viewer to discover, but for the few who choose to take the time to study I have the interactive website where I meticulously explain my images. I paint realistically because it communicates to the broadest audience. I paint political and religious subject because they are close to my heart. Whether someone from the history books could have painted it better means nothing to me. My art is an expression of the times in which I live and people will know how Jon McNaughton felt about being alive at this time in our history.

Is the original for sale?
Yes, and prints are also for sale on the website.

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[TK2692]

Yes but that would mean you disagree with the painter's views, and since his views are the only "correct" ones, it means you hate America (apparently).

[Dennis Rose]

Wow, what a powerful painting!

[Devin Alvarez]

Oh ya. Obama is destroying America even though Bush got us into two wars which led us into debt. Not to mention his tax cuts for the wealthy. But hey, lets look past that and blame it all on Obama. Dumbass Republicans.

[ragemanchoo82]

"I can't believe a black man is president. Ah-hyuck!"

[pajamas446]

More harm to this country? What about Andrew Jackson who sent thousands of Native Americans on a thousand mile journey known as the "Trail of Tears"? What about FDR who forced Japanese Americans into "Relocation Camps"? What about Bush? Four Thousand dead Americans, hundreds of thousands dead Iraq citizens, and trillions of wasted money. But you're right, Obama is a murderer, he killed bin Laden.

[MrsKette]

Beautiful painting, very talented painter. He has cojones--something most American men no longer have, since they're being raised to think boys and girls are exactly the same! Great work, very sad, but truthful. Wake up, America!

[jarenzo]

Thank you! 

[1sandeeh]

These are not grade school "mean pictures" idiot They are a TRUE representation of obama's presidency.

[TK2692]

So your only response to critical comments is calling their posters cowards for not putting up profile pictures? Responding to criticism in such a childish way instead of even making an attempt to address criticism is really intellectually cowardly to be honest. If I'm wrong, call me out on it, but your response implies you have no defense except falling back on your "us vs them" mentality. But that would require you to talk to someone with a different point of view and you might learn something

[influenza99]

When I was in grade school I used to draw mean pictures of people I didn't like too.

[Brandon Robinson]

Fuck you mr president

[Brandon Robinson]

Fuck you Barack Obama