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Inside the studio of America’s most controversial artist

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Jon McNaughton's latest release, "The Magnificent Seven," depicts Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy and Reagan holding rifles and flanking a serpent-crushing Donald Trump. The piece sparked a firestorm on Twitter and was sarcastically lauded by New York Magazine as something to behold. While each new painting circulates on social media, and as critics fume, McNaughon remains cheerfully at his easel, toiling away.

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Inside the studio of America’s most controversial artist

Artist Jon McNaughton touches up one of his paintings, “The Magnificent Seven,” at his studio in Utah County on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. | Shafkat Anowar, Deseret NewsInside the studio of America’s most controversial artistAt first glance, Jon McNaughton’s in-home studio looks like any other. A stool sits in front of an easel. A desk to one side is covered in brushes and splotched palettes. Framed paintings dot the walls, including a mountain land…

2 years ago·Salt Lake City, United States

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