I was over at The Nation's website when I ran across an interesting illustration by Roberto Parada, and decided to check his work out. He basically works in satirical portraiture. His work is mostly commisioned from magazines. But don't get the wrong impression from the works that I have displayed here. He is an equal oppurtunity satirist. He has done magazine covers for The Weekly Standard, and he has done a slightly wicked portrait of Al Gore.
This from Parada:
"If you can identify the flaws, you can go right to the core of a person. There is also a level of emotion that comes from seeing someone being molded and created right in front of you. They are real to me at that point. I begin to have a connection. It's a great feeling. There is nothing that tops it for me, nothing."
Also, check out his creepy portrait of Homer Simpson.
Posted by Paul Hina at June 26, 2005 07:10 PM