“Chase Burning” Hot Item on Ebay, Bid at $10,100.00

By Tuesday September 6, 2011


Of course the artist got a special visit from the “authorities”. See it here.



46 Comments
  1. LibertyLover says:
    9/6/2011 at 8:19 am

    This would make a cool postage stamp!

  2. bobbo, does art follow or lead culture? says:
    9/6/2011 at 8:39 am

    His blog posts aren’t that informative.

    A real test of first amendment rights and chilling effect of the cops. “Legally” I don’t think this guy needed to give the cops his ID or talk to them at all. Painting is not an illegal activity. No reason at all for cops to talk to him. The fact they got a complaint from an idiot does not establish grounds.

    I’d have to be twice the advocate I am to not cooperate with the police though. They have guns. Kinda brings the weight down on the chilling side doesn’t it.

    Yep–Billions Stolen, Trillions more now still at risk from the very same crimes/lack of regulations and NO ONE IN JAIL. But paint a picture about it and the cops are there.

    Good to see what is protected and what is not. Do I need to paint you a picture?

  3. Miguel says:
    9/6/2011 at 8:50 am

    54 bids?!?!?!?

  4. Billy Bob says:
    9/6/2011 at 9:03 am

    He’s standing across the street painting it, LOL.

    The cops aren’t doing anything wrong, they’re just verifying that it’s a political statement and not something disorderly. He seems to want to provoke a beatdown. Too bad, because I think the protest is pretty funny.

  5. Joe says:
    9/6/2011 at 9:08 am

    One can only hope…

  6. Harry says:
    9/6/2011 at 9:12 am

    The 9 bank CEO’s the ruined this country should be inside.

  7. chris says:
    9/6/2011 at 9:13 am

    We don’t need no water.

  8. Miguel says:
    9/6/2011 at 9:14 am

    The guy compares his work to Van Gogh’s in pricing his ‘art’ 🙂 LOL! Modest guy!

  9. alanwrench says:
    9/6/2011 at 9:14 am

    Once the American public realize all their money was stolen from these banksters it won’t be art imitating life but more so life imitating art.

  10. sargasso_c says:
    9/6/2011 at 10:06 am

    Needs a pterosaur, with a laser beam attached to it’s head.

  11. Miguel says:
    9/6/2011 at 10:13 am

    #9 Do you think that’ll ever happen?

  12. Miguel says:
    9/6/2011 at 10:18 am

    http://youtu.be/utGLpqvIazE

  13. LotsaLuck says:
    9/6/2011 at 10:20 am

    On the other hand…

    Let’s say this artist dude was mad at YOU for some reason and went across the street from YOUR house and painted YOUR house on fire.

    Wouldn’t YOU call the cops? Or something?

  14. Arkyn1 says:
    9/6/2011 at 10:43 am

    @LotsaLuck

    No. He’s PAINTING my house on fire, not SETTING my house on fire. Big difference. I’d probably buy the painting when he was done. If I thought it was good enough. That would most likely make up for whatever he was mad at me about. Most painters spend their lives looking for patrons.

  15. The DON says:
    9/6/2011 at 10:53 am

    ‘The cops asked him if he was a terrorist’.

    1) If he were a terrorist, would he reply honestly?
    2) If he were not a terrorist, would he reply as such?

    Either way, the answer is the going to be ‘NO’.
    Unless of course, the person being asked is not a terrorist, and makes a joke in answering because of the absurdity of the question.

    Is it just me or does this kind of thing happen too often?
    Innocent people are the only ones being penalised / inconvenienced / ….

  16. NobodySpecial says:
    9/6/2011 at 11:00 am

    #15, That’s why the cops are so well trained – what they actually asked him:
    “If you were a terrorists and we asked you if you aren’t a terrorists would you lie ?”

  17. bobbo, does art follow or lead culture? says:
    9/6/2011 at 11:42 am

    Speaking of Fires, Texas is having the biggest Fire event in its History. No Nothing Rick Perry may skip the debate in order to look like he can do anything.

    I’ve been to Texas. Except around Austin, I never saw anything that wasn’t already burned. Doesn’t make any sense to me.

    Several year drought has everything dry and high winds are whipping everything up.

    Reality can be described as what hits you in the nose when your belief is nothing is there. You know what the reality here is?

    Ha, ha. Not proof of, just consistent with.

    e,i,e,i, ohhhhh noooooo!!!!

  18. WhamaLamma says:
    9/6/2011 at 11:44 am

    Craptastic painting. The materials are worth 10x the painting.

  19. Special Ed says:
    9/6/2011 at 11:53 am

    Awesome product, fast delivery, would buy again! AAAA++++

  20. Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection says:
    9/6/2011 at 12:19 pm

    I’d like to have one of our church.

  21. bobbo, the evangelical anti-theist says:
    9/6/2011 at 12:57 pm

    #20–Sister==you always give me a chuckle, that one made me laugh. I see you are on fire in that new link? Hopefully some champagne was near to cool you down?

    Ha, ha.

  22. Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection says:
    9/6/2011 at 1:01 pm

    Bobbo, we have to do something to kill the boredom…

  23. MattG says:
    9/6/2011 at 1:39 pm

    The visit from the police was obviously a bit thought crimeish, but he missed a chance to get himself in some real trouble.

    “No officer, the painting is just allegorical. Thanks for your inspiration for my next work, Man Punches Policeman in Throat.”

  24. noname says:
    9/6/2011 at 2:43 pm

    # 4 Billy Bob said

    “He seems to want to provoke a beatdown.”

    How so?

    Anyway, most cops these days you don’t have to provoke. In in innocent public encounters, Courts have fully justified cops to do what they want, when they want, how they want, reason or no reason. Weather you get a cop “beat down” is more due to how much steroids are in them. The more steroids, the more likely the cop is frustrated, confused and likely to go insane and attack their victims, just like a vicious dog will attack unprovoked.

    This guy is smart, he is fully publicizing and informing the public at large about his encounter, the questions asked and with pictures and all!

  25. deowll says:
    9/6/2011 at 3:06 pm

    Wonder what a painting of the WH as a burnt out shell would be worth?

    In fact such may exist because the White House was painted white to hide the soot from when the Brits burnt it.

  26. Skeptic says:
    9/6/2011 at 3:06 pm

    Re:#20, Sister Mary… I could get into that habit.

  27. NobodySpecial says:
    9/6/2011 at 3:09 pm

    #24 – that’s why most responsible municipalities insist that they be neutered or alternately muzzled in public

  28. MikeN says:
    9/6/2011 at 3:40 pm

    Thus ends todays two minute hate. Bankers and cops

  29. MikeN says:
    9/6/2011 at 3:41 pm

    Bobbo,
    http://drroyspencer.com/2011/09/dessler-vs-rick-perry-is-the-2011texas-drought-evidence-of-human-caused-climate-change/

  30. noname says:
    9/6/2011 at 4:31 pm

    # 28 MikeN said

    Thus ends todays two minute hate. Bankers and cops

    We are all just speaking the truth in love.


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