A co-worker of mine turned me on to this article about Davy Lauterbach, a former artist for "The Simpsons" who now paints photo-realistic Olan Mills style portraits of children. With, um, mental challenges. Apparently they're becoming incredibly popular amongst the Hollywood crowd (Bill Murray and Luke Wilson both own one).
I have to admit that they're fairly intriguing. I don't usually care for photo-realism, but the semi-surreal quality make them somehow cute, compassionate, offensive and revolting at the same time.
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offensive and revolting maybe... but am i supposed to get a chubby looking at these?
now there are 2 reasons why i want my first born to be a retard!
Those comments just solidly confirmed my decision to make you both part of my wedding party.
I'm fascinated by both photorealism AND retarded kids. So this really makes my afternoon.
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