An Ohio man honored our fallen soldiers with his annual snow sculpture: a 14 foot bald eagle, with an American flag hung on its back. Here’s the story:
Roger L. Pugh says every year he makes some sort of snow sculpture, but this year he decided to take it to the next level and turn it into a tribute to fallen soldiers. He says he worked on it a little each night after work, and he’s happy with how it turned out: a bald eagle wrapped in the American flag, with a grave with boots and a wooden gun and helmet in front.
“It’s a tribute to our fallen soldiers, the ones that covered my back and taking care of my butt for a lot of years,” Pugh said. “If it can put a smile on somebody’s face, or make them think about our soldiers, hey, mission accomplished.”
Kinda puts your measly 5 foot snowman to shame, huh?
Artist Jon McNaughton released a new painting Monday critiquing President Barack Obama on foreign policy.
McNaughton is known for his controversial work, often mixing religion with politics. His latest work includes a grinning President Obama swinging a golf club as flames and clouds of smoke rise up behind him. The piece, titled “Obama Foreign Policy,” raises the question of international safety and stability since the president has taken office.
McNaughton explains on his Facebook page, “I felt a need to paint a new image to capture the delicate situation we face as Americans. What has happened since he’s been in office? Where is the stability and peace in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Israel, Palestine, China and North Korea? How are our veterans doing? Are American citizens safer as they travel abroad?”
McNaughton is no stranger to critical depictions of the president. Some of his previous paintings include, “One Nation Under Socialism,” which portrays President Obama holding a burning Constitution, and “Obamanation,” which depicts him smiling over a dystopian wasteland that McNaughton believes the president created.
The artist includes additional commentary explaining the golf element of the painting, “Since Obama has been President he has played over 200 rounds of golf. THIS is not a game. This is Obama’s Foreign Policy.”
McNaughton released a video to accompany his latest painting which dives further into the meaning behind “Obama Foreign Policy.”
Is the world a safer place since Obama was made President of the United States?
From the artist, Jon McNaughton: “I felt a need to paint a new image to capture the delicate situation we face as Americans.
What has happened since he’s been in office? Where is the stability and peace in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Israel, Palestine, China and North Korea? How are our veterans doing? Are American citizens safer as they travel abroad?
When the balance of the world seems to stand on the edge of a knife, where is our President?
Since Obama has been President he has played over 200 rounds of golf.
A very special candy man in Xian, China makes candy that is not made for the mouth, but rather the eyes. He creates extravagant animals by blowing and stretching on warm caramel to create stunning figurines that are too beautiful to eat.
The photos depict what Anna imagines a newborn child may be dreaming of as they lay asleep. She illustrates their dreams on a chalkboard located directly underneath the sleeping babies.
“These are the adventures of a little guy on a blackboard. When we say “little”, we mean it: He was 5 days old in the one with the stork,and three months in the last one. How we did it? Simple! We just made the drawings with real chalk on a real blackboard, like we used to do in school. Then, we took the photos of the baby while sleeping on a soft and warm cloth on the blackboard, right in the middle of his own story. Even though our son looks like sleeping directly on the blackboard, he always had something soft underneath him.”
