That struck me, too. Do you suppose Jane Curtin is serving on the jury?
Clearly, that’s Jocelyn Wildenstein in profile.
What happened? The pictures in the linked article look good; there’s no way I’d have guessed the same artist did those and the Blago trial sketches.
Paul Gauguin used a primitive style, particularly in his Tahitian works. Henri Matisse is the artist I thought of immediately after Picasso for these courtroom sketches.
Yeah, I can see some Gauguin in there, too, I guess. Not nearly as talented, though - this artist really sucks. Yuck.
Maybe if she put some more Polynesian boobies in the sketches, we wouldn’t be complaining so much.
I’m thinking a mix of Picasso, Gaugin and Ben Katchor.
Katchor’s people robot too.
The shading/coloring isn’t bad, but the sketches are bad.
I also don’t like this guy’s style, seems more like cartoons: http://web.mac.com/nquebedeau/Norman_Quebedeau/Welcome.html
Wow. Each of them could easily earn a place of honor at the Museum of Bad Art.
If I’m not mistaken, that’s Mr. Potatohead (first row, far right) on the jury for Scott Peterson’s trial.
Not wanting to hijack the thread, but does anyone know the the name of the really good courtroom sketch artist that drew a series detailing the final moments of Aaron Mitchell in San Quentin’s death chamber, April 12, 1967? Then Gov. Ronald Reagan wanted the cop killer’s execution by cyanide televised live, but as a compromise, the artist’s renderings were broadcast on Walter Cronkite’s CBS evening news. Horribly disturbing.
The old sketch artists were light years better than most of the ones around today, particularly Ms. Sadok.
You got me. One person who I know who is familiar with her and her work says everyone is waiting for the day she cracks and hands in courtroom sketches full of Smurfs.
Should be Howard Brodie, and he is an amazing artist- a lot of people know his wartime stuff. He’s spoken out on many occasions against the use of cyanide as a cruel and inhumane way of execution. He cited what he saw in the Mitchell execution as proof of that.
Yeah, I PMed the name to him right after he posted. Hopefully, he got it or will return to this thread.
It does sort of resemble public works art from the depression.
Many thanks. They just don’t seem to employ gifted sketch artists like they used to…
Less of a demand, I suspect, as more cameras are allowed in courtrooms. Note the intro in this article on Carole Kabrin, which I’m linking to only so I can name-drop, because Carole’s an acquaintance of mine. She’s spectacularly gifted in drawing (which you’d think would be a given, but I mention specifically because of the OP), and her charcoal horses (mentioned in the article) are really impressive.