You really should listen to the song while viewing the art. It enhances the “Say What!” factor. LMAO Makes you feel like you are right in the dive bar with the gay politicians and the tranni stripper.
A limp wristed car salesman hanging out with a tranny with one giant boob in an olive oil shop, all set in the 80s. Just what I need to finish off my lounge.
GTFO of NC with your attitude, pinky26whatever — and take your shoddy paintings with you! There’s outsider art and then there’s some dude with more paint than skills. The theme isn’t helping your case, either.
as for whats going on in NC i think this is a yankee that moved here. looks like he’s living on the coast seeing most of his work, which is where most new yorkers move to. maybe he’s confused at how intermingled the south really is.
So I guess this is a commentary on the generalization that white chicks like to date black dudes because they are reputed to have larger dicks. (White dude dating black chick with large tits.) I’m trying to give the artist some kind of benefit of the doubt, like maybe he meant to hold up a mirror to white men who don’t like to see “their women” with another race and attribute it to something purely anatomical. Turn the tables, so to speak… I think I just put way too much thought into…
I would love to see the Regretsy submissions Inbox! I’m guessing people have already sent Helen enough bizarre & batshit crazy stuff to keep this place going for a year…
Wiki-wiki-waka: “Outsider Art: a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane-asylum inmates.”
I’ve seen some of that. Very impressive. Coats elaborately woven from human hair, amazing models of buildings made from matchsticks, primitive dolls and paintings. There’s a whole museum about it in Baltimore. This thing isn’t even good enough for their dumpster, no matter how…
The shadows seem to imply that they’re standing maybe about a foot away from a flat surface and have a very strong light source down to the lower right.
Also, that woman’s doesn’t really look like she enjoys the white dude’s company — she just doesn’t want to be stuck with the guy holding the “SAY WHAT” sign between his teeth 24/7 anymore.
I’m digging some of his paintings. I might have bought one if it weren’t for all the talk bubbles… not really a fan of those. Of course “Say what?” wouldn’t be the same without the bubble and this one is possibly better because of it:
This guy offers a discount to first-time Southern art buyers. Now who’s totally jealous that I qualify for this? All that fabulous art…mine! At a discount!
Methinks that some people confuse “folk art” with “no artistic skills whatsoever.”
Well…certainly the issue of black men dating white women is a touchy subject, with roots that can be traced back to the stratification of society during slavery. You could argue that the artist is trying to flip this on its head (and I would argue that just because a work deals with race doesn’t make it racist per se) to make us think, but, well…the deep thought of “Sweet Tea” is “Black and white folk have something in common — we all like sweet tea!”
@ goblin: thanks for pointing out the “deep thought” of “sweet tea”.
may i tell you something? it is very easy to spot racists by their constant mentioning of “races” and their permanent pointing out that folks of all colours “have something in common”. if that’s a “deep thought” for you and not something self-evident, you have a looooong way to go. because, you know, we also all have two legs, after all. or a brain! unbelievable, but yes.
and he, a white, implies in this painting that a black guy would disapprove of a black girl dating a white guy. jeez, the racism is really not very hard to find in this piece.
I understand this ‘artist’ wants to get his views (whatever they are) across through his paintings, but it’s just very very badly executed. Even if it the painting was really good, the scene is awfully awkward. The view in a room is hilarious.
#47 Stink bait. well if you want to start painting with your feces in NY the guy urinating in a jar with a cross went over well so go for gold
wait what.. “I have no training, I’m a southern boy with valuable information about bars and beaches”
i think he lost me. -_- is he making vacation brochures or paintings?
66 heidrun spot on.. truth be told there’s really no such thing as race since there’s no pure “races” in America.. its all just ethnic groups that use skin color as…
#66 heidrun — He’s actually referring to “Jack Handy’s Deep Thoughts,” a comedic series of short stories that start out sounding philosophical but go off the deep end quickly. They’re quite funny.
This is a scene from a very special episode of 3′s Company. After Janet falls asleep in a tanning booth, Jack takes her to the Regal Beagle to lift her spirits. In a cameo as barroom bully Russell, Desmond Wilson, angered by what he perceives to be an inter-racial couple, picks a fight with Jack. Mr. Roper comes to Jack’s defense, explaining that Jack’s “a little light in the loafers.” Chrissy enters, says something stupid, Mrs. Roper makes an impotence joke at her husband’s expense…
I almost wet myself at the Burlesconi and Obamas pic. So awesome!!!
As to this guy’s intentions…i’m honestly trying to figure out if this is racist or not. Some of his other paintings seem to be about southern whites & blacks being equally affected by economic struggle. Another features both black and white women as the objects of his admiration (“Sainted Southern Ladies”). “Say What?” is totally weird, but i wouldn’t call this guy out as being intentionally or maliciously racist.
My boyfriend is black and I’m white (Say What??), and when I showed this to him and told him people think it’s racist, his just said, “In what way?” I agree with iamhydrogen14 – I think the painting is strange, but I don’t think it’s racist. Even though it’s 2009, plenty of people still don’t think interracial relationships are okay. I don’t think the artist is one of them, though. Just my $0.02.
I love this site, & the comments, and this is just GOLD! I think HIS BIO says it all:
“I am an abstracted outsider folk artist. [READ: Sexist, Racist Moron]In other words…I paint to my point of view, I have no training, [REALLY?? It's actually quite obvious] I’m a southern boy with valuable information about bars and beaches. I use acrylics and try to finish each painting before the beer gets warm. [I'd drink too if I were that sh*t an artist!]
As a black female with a white boyfriend, I just want to let you all know that I do indeed feel the cold stares of black men when we are out. And by the way I’m so fucking sick of hearing “say what?” Come up with a new expression of surprise/ disgust!
They might be looking at you like that because you’re annoying. – HK
November 7, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Say WTF?
November 7, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Could the white guy be any gayer?
November 7, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I almost choked when I saw the Room View
you are too much!
November 7, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Is one of her boobs a lot bigger than the other?
November 7, 2009 at 12:46 pm
The comparison makes it! LOL!
November 7, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Most orinignal.
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November 7, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Say what? Indeed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFmQAQ9EDeM
November 7, 2009 at 12:57 pm
From the listing: “Why buy a print when the truth is cheaper.”
It’s enough to make a lady wonder…”whats going on”. As in, what the hell is going on in North Carolina.
November 7, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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November 7, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I would LOVE to “VIEW THIS IMAGE…” in the Oval Office!
November 7, 2009 at 1:03 pm
What an orinignal idea!
November 7, 2009 at 1:05 pm
A limp wristed car salesman hanging out with a tranny with one giant boob in an olive oil shop, all set in the 80s. Just what I need to finish off my lounge.
SAY WHAT!
November 7, 2009 at 1:10 pm
#12 LMAO!!!!!
November 7, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I misread the title as “Say what a back ass!” Judging from how pneumatic the woman is, that’s probably not inaccurate.
November 7, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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November 7, 2009 at 1:38 pm
i’m glad the title is written in the lower corner of the painting. my tiny brain wouldn’t have understood that the speech bubble is the title.
November 7, 2009 at 1:42 pm
he wrote you a poem. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=11865648
i think he wants to give you crabs.
November 7, 2009 at 2:14 pm
It’s hard to believe pinky has no training. I can just picture him bouncing the grandkids on his knee while reading them Uncle Remus stories.
November 7, 2009 at 2:22 pm
So everybody had a heart attack when the “money tree seeds” were tagged “jewish” and nobody seems to have a problem with the overt racism in this one?
November 7, 2009 at 2:26 pm
The artist even tagged it under “racism”
November 7, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Well, we all just assumed he was a racist pig. Just look at his shop.
November 7, 2009 at 2:39 pm
#20 Wow … this is racist? That part totally went over my head. I thought it was posted because of the big boob thing.
November 7, 2009 at 2:41 pm
GTFO of NC with your attitude, pinky26whatever — and take your shoddy paintings with you! There’s outsider art and then there’s some dude with more paint than skills. The theme isn’t helping your case, either.
November 7, 2009 at 2:43 pm
He is funded partially by the arts council of North Carolina. I don’t even have a snappy comment about that. I just feel really confused.
November 7, 2009 at 2:44 pm
#23- Just NC? I say GTFO the Universe.
November 7, 2009 at 2:53 pm
All of his paintings are just so. effin’. bad.
If the racism doesn’t do it for you, then check out some of his special sexist collection featuring lots of “old farts” checking out girls in bikinis. Har! Har! Har!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20948316
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20494153
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9966484
They’re all so tasteful. It’s tough to decide which one to slam, er, “appreciate”
November 7, 2009 at 3:00 pm
I think this is supposed depict the trail behind a speedboat, but the painting is so damn bad that it could also be filed in vaginas:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9524245
November 7, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Racist and badly done. The only way this could be worse is if it carried a communicable disease.
November 7, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Whoa, I just noticed that he misspelled “original” such that it has “NIG” in it. Freudian slip, or deliberate? You be the judge.
November 7, 2009 at 3:17 pm
maaan the room view is so wrong LOL
the lady is.. quite well endowed
as for whats going on in NC i think this is a yankee that moved here. looks like he’s living on the coast seeing most of his work, which is where most new yorkers move to. maybe he’s confused at how intermingled the south really is.
November 7, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I’m really digging the Pork Painting.
November 7, 2009 at 3:24 pm
redskirt i think its a Freudian slip for sure…
November 7, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Oh yeah the “nig” is definitely on purpose
November 7, 2009 at 3:29 pm
At least the shipping is free
November 7, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Maybe Pinky is the ass-backwards racist judge that denied the interracial couple a marriage license recently.
November 7, 2009 at 3:45 pm
So I guess this is a commentary on the generalization that white chicks like to date black dudes because they are reputed to have larger dicks. (White dude dating black chick with large tits.) I’m trying to give the artist some kind of benefit of the doubt, like maybe he meant to hold up a mirror to white men who don’t like to see “their women” with another race and attribute it to something purely anatomical. Turn the tables, so to speak… I think I just put way too much thought into…
November 7, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I would love to see the Regretsy submissions Inbox! I’m guessing people have already sent Helen enough bizarre & batshit crazy stuff to keep this place going for a year…
November 7, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Wiki-wiki-waka: “Outsider Art: a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane-asylum inmates.”
I’ve seen some of that. Very impressive. Coats elaborately woven from human hair, amazing models of buildings made from matchsticks, primitive dolls and paintings. There’s a whole museum about it in Baltimore. This thing isn’t even good enough for their dumpster, no matter how…
November 7, 2009 at 4:07 pm
…insane he is.
November 7, 2009 at 4:23 pm
The shadows seem to imply that they’re standing maybe about a foot away from a flat surface and have a very strong light source down to the lower right.
Also, that woman’s doesn’t really look like she enjoys the white dude’s company — she just doesn’t want to be stuck with the guy holding the “SAY WHAT” sign between his teeth 24/7 anymore.
November 7, 2009 at 4:28 pm
#40: lol She looks really nervous.
November 7, 2009 at 4:50 pm
” I use acrylics and try to finish each painting before the beer gets warm.”
Uh, no shit. It looks like you painted these in about 4 minutes.
November 7, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Well, you know, some of my best friends are black, so I really think they’d love this painting.
November 7, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I “thought about it”. This is comedy GOLD. Love the avatar, beelisty.
November 7, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Sold!
November 7, 2009 at 6:28 pm
WTF?
Just WTF?
November 7, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Thats it!!! All these retarded paintings are getting fucking sold.
I am gonna start painting using my own shit.
November 7, 2009 at 6:55 pm
is there someone behind the woman in this painting? or……? what’s going on? ever?
November 7, 2009 at 7:10 pm
SOLD! YAY! I was going to buy it, but hey, next time.
November 7, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I’m digging some of his paintings. I might have bought one if it weren’t for all the talk bubbles… not really a fan of those. Of course “Say what?” wouldn’t be the same without the bubble and this one is possibly better because of it:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21084635
haha “Loose the boots!” Oh god the more I look at it the more I want it. Somebody buy it. I have no place to put it!
November 7, 2009 at 7:18 pm
sar-sar, I’m with you! YSM.
November 7, 2009 at 7:40 pm
@49 personalearthquake – hey maybe the artist will do prints or even notecards!
Here’s hoping………
November 7, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Best “view in a room” EVER! Say what?
November 7, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Am I the only one that thinks the chinless white guy is a dead ringer for Zach Braff?
November 7, 2009 at 9:15 pm
I was going to say he looks like a dead ringer for Jack McBrayer from 30 Rock.
November 7, 2009 at 10:16 pm
This one’s interesting in concept (if lacking somewhat in execution):
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=28880471
From the thumbnail, I thought it was a beach ninja stalking some lady in a bikini. Seriously.
November 7, 2009 at 10:30 pm
It’s ironic because a white man painted this.
November 7, 2009 at 11:09 pm
i only buy orinignal art, so this would be perfect for me. TOO BAD SOMEBODY BEAT ME TO IT.
November 8, 2009 at 2:31 am
This guy offers a discount to first-time Southern art buyers. Now who’s totally jealous that I qualify for this? All that fabulous art…mine! At a discount!
Methinks that some people confuse “folk art” with “no artistic skills whatsoever.”
November 8, 2009 at 2:47 am
exactly GeekWhit…
November 8, 2009 at 5:26 am
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November 8, 2009 at 5:31 am
everytime regretsy shows a painting i think it can’t get worse. i’m stunned. by the horrific lack of skill and by the racist shit. wow.
November 8, 2009 at 6:39 am
There you go, Heidrun- the next one WILL be smeared with sh!t.
Keep looking.
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November 8, 2009 at 9:42 am
Well…certainly the issue of black men dating white women is a touchy subject, with roots that can be traced back to the stratification of society during slavery. You could argue that the artist is trying to flip this on its head (and I would argue that just because a work deals with race doesn’t make it racist per se) to make us think, but, well…the deep thought of “Sweet Tea” is “Black and white folk have something in common — we all like sweet tea!”
November 8, 2009 at 9:59 am
Oh damn. I don’t like sweet tea. I guess that means I have nothing in common with “black folk.” Should I turn myself in to the NAACP?
(GAH! Make it stop. Make it stop.)
November 8, 2009 at 10:07 am
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November 8, 2009 at 10:10 am
and he, a white, implies in this painting that a black guy would disapprove of a black girl dating a white guy. jeez, the racism is really not very hard to find in this piece.
November 8, 2009 at 1:49 pm
“Loose the boots”???
Even my 8 year old can spell “lose”.
November 8, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Ok! Which one of you sick freaks bought this atrocity? LMAO!!!!!
November 8, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I understand this ‘artist’ wants to get his views (whatever they are) across through his paintings, but it’s just very very badly executed. Even if it the painting was really good, the scene is awfully awkward. The view in a room is hilarious.
November 8, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I’m so thankful for the ‘outsider’ art world. Otherwise the mentally ill would have to find new hobbies.
November 8, 2009 at 2:52 pm
#47 Stink bait. well if you want to start painting with your feces in NY the guy urinating in a jar with a cross went over well so go for gold
wait what.. “I have no training, I’m a southern boy with valuable information about bars and beaches”
i think he lost me. -_- is he making vacation brochures or paintings?
66 heidrun spot on.. truth be told there’s really no such thing as race since there’s no pure “races” in America.. its all just ethnic groups that use skin color as…
November 8, 2009 at 2:55 pm
identifiers. more subcultures than anything to do with race
cut off the last bit
November 8, 2009 at 2:56 pm
“Say what?!…Lady, that dude’s hand atrophied after you knocked his shoulder out of alignment with your gigantic right breast”
November 8, 2009 at 3:01 pm
IT SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is giving the wrong message to this lunatic.
November 8, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I’m from the south. I’m actually talented, and I’m not a dumbass racist.
Say what?!?!
November 8, 2009 at 6:29 pm
#66 heidrun — He’s actually referring to “Jack Handy’s Deep Thoughts,” a comedic series of short stories that start out sounding philosophical but go off the deep end quickly. They’re quite funny.
November 9, 2009 at 12:10 am
Anyone noticed the white guy’s middle finger?? It’s blowing up!!
November 9, 2009 at 6:33 am
Oh God. I don’t think I want to know what his “special sauce” is that he used on this picture:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vt_related_1&listing_id=19324005
November 9, 2009 at 7:15 am
This guy is an alcoholic, as well as a racist.
November 9, 2009 at 9:19 am
This is a scene from a very special episode of 3′s Company. After Janet falls asleep in a tanning booth, Jack takes her to the Regal Beagle to lift her spirits. In a cameo as barroom bully Russell, Desmond Wilson, angered by what he perceives to be an inter-racial couple, picks a fight with Jack. Mr. Roper comes to Jack’s defense, explaining that Jack’s “a little light in the loafers.” Chrissy enters, says something stupid, Mrs. Roper makes an impotence joke at her husband’s expense…
November 9, 2009 at 10:26 am
I almost wet myself at the Burlesconi and Obamas pic. So awesome!!!
As to this guy’s intentions…i’m honestly trying to figure out if this is racist or not. Some of his other paintings seem to be about southern whites & blacks being equally affected by economic struggle. Another features both black and white women as the objects of his admiration (“Sainted Southern Ladies”). “Say What?” is totally weird, but i wouldn’t call this guy out as being intentionally or maliciously racist.
November 9, 2009 at 10:37 am
This old cracker is ca-razy.
November 9, 2009 at 10:39 am
It’s the red tie…power statement.
November 9, 2009 at 10:52 am
My boyfriend is black and I’m white (Say What??), and when I showed this to him and told him people think it’s racist, his just said, “In what way?” I agree with iamhydrogen14 – I think the painting is strange, but I don’t think it’s racist. Even though it’s 2009, plenty of people still don’t think interracial relationships are okay. I don’t think the artist is one of them, though. Just my $0.02.
November 9, 2009 at 11:17 am
You know what the white guy is thinking????
MOTOR BOAT!
November 9, 2009 at 12:26 pm
#86 VGB: Do you realize you make me laugh out loud at work several times a day?
November 9, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Ah, thank’s
November 9, 2009 at 1:01 pm
All kindness aside…
I could have said he was thinking mud boggin’ but I didn’t.
November 9, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Oh no you d’int!
November 9, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Anyone else notice the wordplay of “oriNIGnal”?
In all his other listings he can spell original just fine.
This painting is beyond racist.
November 9, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I love this site, & the comments, and this is just GOLD! I think HIS BIO says it all:
“I am an abstracted outsider folk artist. [READ: Sexist, Racist Moron]In other words…I paint to my point of view, I have no training, [REALLY?? It's actually quite obvious] I’m a southern boy with valuable information about bars and beaches. I use acrylics and try to finish each painting before the beer gets warm. [I'd drink too if I were that sh*t an artist!]
November 10, 2009 at 2:18 am
I’m still disturbed by the white guy’s middle finger…
November 10, 2009 at 7:57 am
@#54 Lara: You’re right. That IS Zach Braff.
November 11, 2009 at 6:36 pm
His wife?
http://www.southernbellestore.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SB017-2.gif
November 16, 2009 at 7:01 am
Uh, oh–I’m a Southern white girl with a Latino boyfriend. I’m not trying to make a point. I just, you know, like the guy.
I hope I’m not messing with anyone’s head . . .
May 24, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Not sure if anyone mentioned it or not, but the “full version” is listed now, and he added more speech balloons to it to make it less racist? LOL
http://www.etsy.com/listing/44320833/say-what-originals-redone
July 23, 2010 at 12:40 am
As a black female with a white boyfriend, I just want to let you all know that I do indeed feel the cold stares of black men when we are out. And by the way I’m so fucking sick of hearing “say what?” Come up with a new expression of surprise/ disgust!
They might be looking at you like that because you’re annoying. – HK