When an artist paints a portrait of a presidential candidate does that mean he supports that candidate?”
Like all people who support candidates, he has used his resources to show that support. Wilfred Brimley and Oprah Winfrey use their celebrity status to bring crowds to speeches and fundraisers for their candidates. Likewise Phil Gramm and Nancy Pelosi lend their support by speaking and campaigning. Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama probably go above and beyond to make their husbands look like almost perfect men often laying themselves open for the most unfair criticism imaginable. Millions of us support our candidates financially and volunteering for their campaigns. Shepherd Fairey, as a talented artist, used that talent to contribute to his candidate. He made some arresting visual images for campaign posters. The posters have proven very effective and the originals are so sought after that they are being auctioned off and the proceeds (over 6 figures each) will be donated to the campaign.
