# George Zimmerman has a new painting for sale. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524 "2014-01-23T13:53:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/1 "2014-01-23T13:53:05Z")
> **[George Zimmerman's painting of prosecutor in Trayvon Martin case to be sold](https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-zimmermans-painting-of-prosecutor-in-trayvon-martin-case-to-be-sold)** > > Robert Zimmerman Jr. posted his brother's new painting Wednesday on Twitter.  This painting is the latest from Zimmerman. Not my taste, but I’m sure he’ll make a ton from it. The first one sold for over 100K. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/2 "2014-01-23T14:23:35Z")
Wasn’t the first one basically a copy of another picture? ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/3 "2014-01-23T16:36:42Z")
You know who else was a competent but not exceptional artist? ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/4 "2014-01-23T17:01:31Z")
I’d forgotten about this guy. I thought you meant George Zimmer of the Men’s Wearhouse. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/5 "2014-01-23T17:10:12Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > You know who else was a competent but not exceptional artist? [Winston Churchill?](http://www.californiaartclub.org/images/history/historic-member-photos/churchill02.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/6 "2014-01-24T01:00:30Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Wasn’t the first one basically a copy of another picture? No, it wasn’t. You could take a photograph of a waving American flag, recolour it, add some text and it would look a lot like his painting, but you can’t own the concept of a waving American flag. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/7 "2014-01-24T20:26:27Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Wasn’t the first one basically a copy of another picture? As is this one, or at least, a copy of the AP’s photo: [http://gawker.com/could-the-ap-sue-george-zimmerman-for-plagiarizing-his-1507917140](http://gawker.com/could-the-ap-sue-george-zimmerman-for-plagiarizing-his-1507917140) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/8 "2014-01-24T21:16:19Z")
Zimmerman has been getting lessons. He’s a lot better than me. 😉 I can barely draw stick figures. Video from NBC [http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/54166721/#54166721](http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/54166721/#54166721) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/9 "2014-01-25T03:47:59Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > As is this one, or at least, a copy of the AP’s photo: > > [http://gawker.com/could-the-ap-sue-george-zimmerman-for-plagiarizing-his-1507917140](http://gawker.com/could-the-ap-sue-george-zimmerman-for-plagiarizing-his-1507917140) I bet he’s projecting the original image onto his canvas and do an electronic paint-by-number. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/10 "2014-01-25T03:52:28Z")
Kind of ironic that the OP’s username is “not what you’d expect”. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/11 "2014-01-25T04:26:56Z")
He’s like a modern Rembrandt. If Rembrandt just painted, instead of murdering an unarmed teenager. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/12 "2014-01-25T06:48:47Z")
For some reason he omitted what looks like a cross necklace she was wearing even though he got every other detail. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/13 "2014-01-25T08:15:22Z")
> **[U.S. News: Latest Breaking Stories, Video, and Photos on American Politics,...](https://www.nbcnews.com/us-news?lite)** > > Get the latest news headlines and top stories from NBCNews.com. Find videos and news articles on the latest stories in the US. I think Duckster has the right idea. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-has-a-new-painting-for-sale/679524/14 "2014-01-25T13:14:00Z")
I like this one better: [![](http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-xlarge/19dgyw5eewhwnpng.png) ](http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-xlarge/19dgyw5eewhwnpng.png)