Through his work, Florida-based painter Scott Scheidly creates unorthodox renditions of tyrants, dictators and popes, turning them from drab to fab with the help of some color coordination and accessorizing. On his website, the artist says he began his exploration with color after "devouring a 10 pack of crayons" as a child. We were particularly tickled pink to come across his "fabulous" renditions of history's most notorious figures, as seen in the slideshow below.
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His songs are both classic and current, rooted in Americana and folk, the closest modern comparisons that come to mind are Jeff Tweedy and Rufus Wainwright, with echoes of Harry Nilsson, Bob Dylan and George Harrison. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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