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Getting Ready for CPAC 2013

A week from now, I should be meeting up with Lisa Mei for this year’s CPAC! The list of speakers and bloggers is more promising this year than it has been in the past, but I continue to be disappointed by their lack of interest in cultural matters. I will reserve judgment on that point for now and let you know what I think from the event….

Is The American Dream a Farce? by Mark Taylor

For Immediate Release: New Book Questions “Is the American Dream a Farce?” Savannah, GA – September 26, 2012 Cover illustration provided by Frances Byrd. Concerned about the negative impact of our nation’s $16 trillion national debt, runaway government spending and governmental overreach into our private lives, eighteen-year-old Mark Taylor has written a book called Is [...]

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath  is the second painting in my series on the Occupy Wall Street movement. In the blog post, American Crow #1, I gave a little background on the movement as accompaniment to the first painting in this series. After many hours of reading articles and statements on the OWS web pages and [...]

Burbank resident puts 9/11 remembrance on full front yard display

Congrats to my friend Jimmy and his recent write-up in his local paper! The front yard display commemorating the 9/11 attacks at Jimmy Arone’s house. (Raul Roa/Staff photographer / September 11, 2012) September 11, 2012 | 4:22 p.m. Jimmy Arone knelt on his front lawn and placed his hand on a wooden plaque he created [...]

Upcoming Events @ the Helen Arts Center

Helen Art and Heritage Center Gallery hours are Thursday thru Sunday, noon until 4:00 p.m.

Debt Bondage, the US Congress, and a Show-Cause Order

This illustration was commissioned by David Leeper of Western Free Press. You can see the article for which it was illustrated at this link. It has also bee published at the Tea Party Tribune. Tweet Frances Byrd is the National Director of Liberatchik.com, a conservative political artist and blogger. Her art can be viewed at [...]

Atlas Shrugged in 2011?

I received the following article in an email from a close friend today. It is telling and frightening at the same time. I recently reread the book in preparation for a series of paintings paralleling current events and those in the novel. Ayn Rand Was Right: Wealthy Are on Strike Against Obama by Wayne Allyn [...]

Freedom Jamboree Promo Video

Please check out this new promo video for the Freedom Jamboree and pass it on. The music is by Toots Sweet who is one of the artists participating on Liberatchik and performing at the Jamboree in Kansas City.

New Video for the Freedom Jamboree

Please make an effort to attend this event in Kansas City. It may be one of the most important political rallies before the next Presidential election. Liberatchik will have a booth at this event representing the work of several of our artists. Toots Sweet, our first musician, is performing live at the event and will [...]

Culture Warrior of the Week

Thanks to Big Dawg for making me their featured artist this week! Please take a minute to check out their page and support the conservative artists and musicians who are fighting for America and Liberty through culture. Tweet Frances Byrd is the National Director of Liberatchik.com, a conservative political artist and blogger. Her art can [...]