‘Man in Dock, Forlorn’

Posted by Bridgit Gread on Thursday 22 May 2008, 12:07 am
Categories: Arts, Melbourne  Tags: , , ,

Struggling wannabe artist, influenced by Cubist-Expressionism, takes job supplying court drawings for Herald Sun. First subject a Mr A. Mokbel:

Same court artist now believed to be working on the Mercedes Corby defamation trial, currently before the NSW Supreme Court, in which a verdict is imminent:

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9 comments on “‘Man in Dock, Forlorn’”

  1. Thursday 22 May 2008, 7:09 am #Ant Rogenous

    Brilliant, Bridgit.

  2. Thursday 22 May 2008, 7:58 am #keri

    It looks like a photographer picked up a pen.

    “Find the triangles, dude!”

  3. Thursday 22 May 2008, 8:01 am #The Editor

    There’s a frustrated artiste forced to do menial work for a bit of coin. Just like a hardcore Dogme filmmaker forced to make wedding videos to pay for dinner.

  4. Thursday 22 May 2008, 11:21 am #Wah

    I love when they have these shitty courtroom paintings and then have to pixelate them to protect the identity of the accused.

  5. Thursday 22 May 2008, 4:12 pm #skeptic

    A very funny post bridgit, thanks for the chuckle.

    If you look at his nose too closely, it looks kind of like a …

  6. Thursday 22 May 2008, 5:58 pm #Bridgit Gread

    Oh yes… yes, I see that now.

  7. Thursday 22 May 2008, 7:15 pm #Bron

    And what a shiny knob that is!

  8. Thursday 22 May 2008, 7:40 pm #Bridgit Gread

    Reminds me of Jim Royle’s assessment of Karl Malden: “He had a little arse on the end of his nose”.

  9. Thursday 22 May 2008, 9:11 pm #Bron

    Dead right about Karl Malden, Bridgit.

    Mokbel the red faced criminal
    Had a very shiny nose…

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