Chicago bar scores hit with nude Palin portrait.

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People are flocking to snap pictures of the latest tribute to Sarah Palin, a nude portrait depicting her in red stilettos and her trademark eyeglasses.

The four-foot-tall oil painting depicts the current governor of Alaska standing atop a polar bear-skin rug in her living room, nude, except for a pair of red stiletto heels and her trademark eyeglasses. In the picture she leans on an automatic rifle while beaming a megawatt smile. Behind her, a window looks out onto a pristine Alaska landscape, complete with a moose that has just ambled into the frame.

The portrait fits right in at the ale house (Yelp reviews), a dark and famously dingy bar frequented by Second City performers and crew, whose walls are adorned with more than 200 paintings of bar regulars and well-known Chicagoans, often engaged in various sexual acts. The Palin portrait has quickly become the bar’s star attraction, drawing a steady stream of picture-snapping admirers.

According to the hand behind this and the rest of the paintings, former golf hustler and bar co-owner Bruce Elliott, his latest piece is even pulling in regulars from rival establishments.
"It’s been very successful," Elliott said, "Generally what I do is sex, but I think I’m going to do a little more politics."

The idea for the painting came to him a week earlier when he noticed his daughter Grace, who works behind the bar, was performing an uncanny Sarah Palin impression.

The Smirk
"I wanted to get that smirk she does in the magazines and I just kind of drew it and drew it until it came together," he said. "That smirk says ‘I was the town whore in high school and look where I’ve gone.’"

The Shoes
"I think Maureen Dowd mentioned that she wore harlot red stiletto heels," he said. "I had to get those in."

The Rifle
"I wanted to draw the most awful-looking gun ever," she said. "She’s really into hunting. If I could give her a bazooka, I would."

The Moose
"The moose is there because it realizes she’s going to turn around and blow his brains out," he said.

The Rug
"The polar bear is there because she doesn’t believe in global warming and the polar bear will go extinct because of it," he said. "I thought it was a nice touch."

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