Another art show dedicated to Trump is planned for Palm Beach in January. So far seven pieces from “Trump: Parallel Universe” have been sold for prices ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. Her exhibition was hosted at the Metropolitan Republican Club last month and she’s recently palled around with former White House personages, including Andrew Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn. Ruseva’s work has been well-received in MAGA land. Lena Ruseva Lena Ruseva poses with her artwork at Metropolitan Republican Club. In a play on a classic painting of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ruseva depicts Trump riding a shark swathed in an American flag. The portraits generally run from $500 to $1,200 depending on the size. When she’s not painting politics and presidents, she makes a living producing kitschy commissioned portraits of jowly animals - frequently smoking a cigar. She spent 18 months painting the walls of the Magical Palace of Knowledge, a kindergarten in Clifton, N.J. Ruseva, a green-card holder from Soviet Moldova, immigrated to the United States in 2012 and got her start as a mural painter. It’s easy to say somebody is wrong or bad, or whatever, but how many people have reached what he reached?” Ruseva says she is drawn to Trump because he is a “strong person.” In this painting, the former president is reworked into a sphinx. “I like Donald Trump as he is a strong person,” added Ruseva, who now lives in Fair Lawn, N.J. Everyone has their own picture of Donald Trump. Some people love him and they are real fanatics. “Some people hate him and call him racist. “I wanted to play around with childish fantasies,” Ruseva told The Post. The imagery is derived from Masaccio’s renaissance fresco “Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.” Lena Ruseva poses with her artwork at Metropolitan Republican Club. A mammoth 48′ x 72′ acrylic on canvas called “Expulsion From The White House” shows the former president as God expelling the naked and ashamed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Some of the paintings are overtly political. One image shows him making contact with alien life another features him riding a great white shark while draped in an American flag. In “Trump: Parallel Universe” - a collection of 30 paintings - Ruseva imagines Trump as Neptune, a Buddhist monk, Tarzan and the face of the sphinx. Lena Ruseva, a 44-year-old Soviet emigre, is causing a stir with her provocative series of paintings depicting the former president. Trump warns potential indictment off Mar-a-Lago raid would ‘tear this country apart’ New York judge appointed as special master in DOJ case against Trump Memo to Donald Trump: Stop the threats of violence Special master in Trump Mar-a-Lago case to hold first hearing Tuesday
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