{"id":16444,"date":"2021-06-26T23:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16444"},"modified":"2021-06-26T23:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:59:38","slug":"savvy-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16444","title":{"rendered":"savvy move&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From President Biden\u2019s first day in the Oval Office, media outlets have had an eager eye on his decorative choices. For those keen on getting an inside look at the first family\u2019s tastes, the Oval Office is only the beginning. The Bidens have plenty of walls to fill in the White House. Although the first lady\u2019s spokesperson  said that the Bidens had not begun requesting work for the residence from the Smithsonian or National Gallery of Art just yet, they haven\u2019t gone without art either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-Mr-Blue-Eyes-self-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-Mr-Blue-Eyes-self-portrait.jpg 800w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-Mr-Blue-Eyes-self-portrait-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-Mr-Blue-Eyes-self-portrait-768x802.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Court Painter stepped in and showing his characteristic generosity and marketing savvy, offered numerous self portraits on speculation from his vast store house of masterworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-self-portrait-at-computer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-self-portrait-at-computer.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-self-portrait-at-computer-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-self-portrait-at-computer-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;These works the Bidens will soon hang on the walls  reflect a running theme with the first family: a deep connection to Court Painter\u2019s self countenances brimming with popular pictorial pulchritude and sensitive surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-self-portrait-in-studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-self-portrait-in-studio.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-self-portrait-in-studio-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-self-portrait-in-studio-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bidens\u2019 artistic selections will likely be compared with their predecessor, who is opposite in terms of art appreciation. By contrast, Trump hung numerous heroic portraits of himself in various&nbsp;poses to the applause and appreciation of his mainly white supremacist&nbsp; staff, family &amp; acquaintances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Trump-the-First.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Trump-the-First.jpg 480w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Trump-the-First-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of museum grade A1 loans in the Biden White House is only temporary \u2014 it\u2019s not uncommon for administrations to seek their first loans well into December so Court Painter, ever vigilant and a risk taker to boot, seized this precipitous  moment to advance his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-Self-portrait-with-TV.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-Self-portrait-with-TV.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-Self-portrait-with-TV-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Court-Painter-Self-portrait-with-TV-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From President Biden\u2019s first day in the Oval Office, media outlets have had an eager eye on his decorative choices. For those keen on getting an inside look at the first family\u2019s tastes, the Oval Office is only the beginning. The Bidens have plenty of walls to fill in the White House. Although the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16444\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;savvy move&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16444"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18267,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444\/revisions\/18267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}