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Teacher Fired for Butt Art Paints Colbert for Charity

Stan Murmur's auctioning portrait to benefit Va. public schools

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(Newser) – A Virginia teacher fired after a YouTube clip surfaced of him using his posterior to paint is turning the other cheek—and auctioning off a portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert to benefit public schools. Stan Murmur uses what WTVR-TV calls “the anthropometric monotype method of painting. That means he sits in paint and applies to the canvas with his butt.”

The most recent of 13 bids on eBay was $355, and the auction closes Friday. Click the link to the bottom right to bid.

Bidding continues until Friday on Stan Murmur's portrait of Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.
Bidding continues until Friday on Stan Murmur's portrait of Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.   (eBay.com)
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thudson
Oct 13, 09 9:00 PM CDT
i mean... it's not bad. Reply
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yummines
Oct 13, 09 9:01 PM CDT
i just saw "butt art" and clicked on this article. wait, was the portrait of Stephen Colbert painted with his rump also? Reply
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thudson
Oct 13, 09 9:09 PM CDT
one can only hope.
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shopgirl1623
Oct 13, 09 9:40 PM CDT
It looks photoshopped to me, not all that special. Certainly not worth losing your job over, unless of course he demonstrated it in his classes....... Reply
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kyleleitch
Oct 13, 09 9:47 PM CDT
Congrats to him for 'turning the other cheek' as the article said...
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