SEAN TINER

(Sarah Palin by Tiner) Last weekend, I attended a few athletic games. After watching Joe Six-Pack enjoy pregame festivities, I feel I saw an accurate barometer of the American mindset. Yes, humorous times are flowing, literally. In a time of economic uncertainty, it's refreshing that we can resort to comedians to find refuge from reality. Recently, Tina Fey has received extensive media attention for imitating Sarah Palin. What a maverick! Her hilarious acts have put Saturday Night Live on top of the must watch barometer. What's equally refreshing to Fey's entertaining antics, is following FakeSarahPalin on Twitter. Her daily tweets, ranging from " Teaching John the wink for tonight's debate. This isn't going well. " to " 3,857 Followers! That's half the number of constituents I had three years ago! ," add fresh tundra air to the current economic situation. In the past 5 weeks, FakeSarahPalin has become one of Twitter's most p...

(Michael Phelps by Tiner ) "You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get." -Michael Phelps

(Death Cab for Cutie by Tiner) Inspired by recently seeing Death Cab for Cutie perform at the Santa Barbara Bowl, I enjoyed creating this portrait of the band.

(Takashi Murakami by Tiner)

Obama found in public.

( Amber Ettinger aka Obama Girl by Tiner)

(Barbara Stoyanoff by Tiner)

(Snejana Opopka by Tiner)

( Jim Morrison by Tiner)

( Holly Hudleston by Tiner)

(Katherin Werderitsch by Tiner)

( Albert Einstein (1879-1955) by Tiner)

( Jack Nicholson by Tiner)

(Coco Rocha by Tiner).

(Harry Potter , portrait by Tiner). Simply said, our world is an interesting place. According to the 2007 Human Development Report , 40% of the earth's population or 2.6 billion people live on less than two dollars a day. Yet in America, we complain about the price of gasoline as it approaches $5 a gallon. ...However, in Europe it costs approximately $8-9 a gallon and in Venezuela gas is only 12 cents a gallon. No, that's not a typo. Last month, a 800 word prequel to Harry Potter auctioned for over $48,000 USD. That's over $60 a word. Each word of the manuscript is valued at 12 gallons of gas in America, 500 gallons of gas in Venezuela or enough to assist a person in a developing nation for one month.

(George Carlin (1937-2008) , portrait by Tiner).

(Andy Warhol, portrait by Tiner). Warhol once remarked,"doing something the wrong way, always opens doors." From questioning the meaning of art to exploring various media, Warhol enjoyed challenging tradition. In less then one month, I'm going to have an exhibit at the LA Mart . I've taken a complete 180 from displaying my coastal imagery and plan on exhibiting something fresh, unique and original that has never been publicly displayed ...because "doing something the wrong way, always opens doors."

(Yoko Ono & John Lennon, portrait by Tiner).

(Seda Ertan, portrait by Tiner).

(Walter Annenberg (1908-2002), portrait by Tiner).