The best Portlandia moment will receive this made for TV painting. Autographed by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Shawn Hayes

4/16/2013

This painting of a cat who is about to eat a goldfish while wearing an eye patch and a sweater(?) was one of the many "bad art" paintings made for the Bad Art Good Walls sketch in Season 2 of Portlandia, by local Art Scout artists. This painting can be yours! All you have to do is write about the most Portlandia thing you have ever witnessed in the comment section of this post and I will contact the one I think is the best

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This painting is on 16"x 20" canvas board and is autographed by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Shawn Hayes. Contest will end Tuesday April 23rd at noon pacific time. Shipping fee will apply if the winner is out the US. Join the mailing list to be kept up to date on all the other fun things at Art Scout

Emily

4/16/2013 07:32:02 am

A few nights ago, a friend I went to the local vegan bar. We both got our drinks and checked out the band. They were pretty good, a little sloppy on accordion but sufficient. After a 15-minute synth solo, I noticed a strange man with a trench coat begin to open his coat. With eyes bulging, a black and white cat jumped out and onto the stage. To my amazement the cat moved its tail to the beat! Oh wow!

Chad

4/23/2013 03:57:25 am

One Saturday morning, while vacationing at a friend’s house in the Vancouver area last summer, we decided to visit a farmer’s market. We strolled toward a vendor with a 10' pirate flag in front of their stand. Intrigued, we approached the vendor to see what the pirate flag was all about. A husband and wife, donned in pirate gear (yes, eye patches as well), in their middle to upper 50's were selling various baked goods, one of which was their "famous", organic, "brussell sprout" apple pie.

They greeted us with smiles, pirate accents and immediately thrusted a plate of "brussels sprout" apple pie samples towards us. "Free samples!" was written, in sharpie, directly onto the non-bleached, recycled paper plate. They explained how there were no apples in the apple pie, mind you, but brussels sprouts that served as a healthier, more sustainable substitute. The man must have given me 5 trifold brochures with literature ranging from the healing powers of brussels sprouts to the evils of Monsanto.

I was reluctant to take a sample at first but the lady said to me, "If you close your eyes, it tastes just like apple pie". Of course it did not, but I choked it down with a smile and said, "Mmm.. you're right!" Now I felt obligated to buy something, so I purchased a brussels sprout quiche from them instead. After I made the purchase, the man said, "Let me show you something. Everything that we sell comes directly from our farm - eggs included. I want you to meet the little lady who helped make your quiche!" He brought out a very weary looking caged hen who was dressed in a hen-sized Hawaiian shirt and a hen-sized straw hat rubber banded to her little hen head. "Meet Lady! Lady has been laying for us for 12 years! She laid every single egg in that quiche you purchased!" Bumfuzzled, I smiled, thanked the old couple and we departed. My friend said, “Welcome to Vancouver!”

Abby Nash

4/23/2013 08:48:00 am

In my hometown of Northampton MA, the "pedal People" pick up our trash on bikes.
It made not be the most exciting, but it's real. Just check out how strange my town is.

Abby Nash

4/23/2013 08:59:15 am

Also in my hometown the public schools are banned from celebrating "Christmas," rather we celebrate the winter holidays. It's so liberal and accepting that our high school does not elect a valedictorian but just awards the top five in the class with no distinction. Sometimes I feel as if this town is a bubble.
There was a huge outrage when an Urban Outfitters (the first chain clothing store) came downtown. Also, I believe it is mentioned in the Portlandia book as the "next Portland." If my town isn't like Portland, I don't know what is. I literally feel like if I visited there, it would be absolutely no different.

Abby

4/23/2013 09:03:26 am

Please give me a chance!! I missed the deadline by mere hours. Carrie and Fred mean the world to me and I'd kick myself if I missed this opportunity.

fred

4/29/2013 06:00:36 am

Contest deadlines are SO OVER!

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