Moscow painter makes good

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Notable Hollywood smoothie adorned in regal 17th Century duds and put to canvas by successful Moscow painter Nikas Safranov, profiled by L.A. Times staffer Jeffrey Fleishman. Safranov, a bit of a smoothie himself. is peddling the 2007 version of children-with- great-big-eyes paintings....no?

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 31, 2007 at 5:08 PM

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tholl-yung says ...

the Clint Eastwood one is amusing. The painter's hot.

Posted by tholl-yung at March 31, 2007 7:45 PM

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tholl-yung says ...

I'm waiting to shell out for that face on a cabbage patch doll.

I guess the breaking fire news is current. Oh well, ciao.

Posted by tholl-yung at March 31, 2007 8:04 PM

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hiviper says ...

he isn't horrible but he's not that great either.

Some of those celebrity heads have a "pasted in" look that doesn't blend in well with the rest of the painting. The Clint Eastwood likeness is terrible - Tommy Lee Jones meets Robert DeNiro.

Posted by hiviper at April 1, 2007 12:41 AM

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NYCBusybody says ...

I think that painting actually captures Clooney's vapid, elite nature wonderfully; however, I wonder if Rasputin the painter meant it that ironically.

Posted by NYCBusybody at April 2, 2007 7:18 AM

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