by StuntDouble

Lesbian Scientistics: Celesbian art edition

This week, our Scientistics team decided to try our hand at some art. No, not creating art — our skill set is limited to charts made by Excel and Photoshop. We decided to try our hand at appraising art.

We selected three paintings that were up for auction, and taking into consideration all of the information we learned from the headsets at London's National Gallery and the Louvre, we assigned each painting a monetary value.

This little fingerpainting on canvas we figure could fetch about $50 from a proud parent.

This one is a little creepier, what with the eternal eye starting at you like something Orwellian, but we figure a doting aunt would also pay around $50.

Finally, we figure a coffee shop might pay around $150 for this piece, if it were from a local artist.

Boy, were we wrong. It turns out they went for $770, $710 and $960, respectively — because these painting were created by Tegan and Sara, and Leisha Hailey. They were painted as part of a fundraiser for the Human Rights Campaign, which means some eager lesbians with extra pocket money now have new living room decorations.

How does our first assessment of these pieces compare to their actual value?

Basically, being a lesbian increases the value of your creative work about 1,500%.

Our advice to you today: go get some paint brushes. Apparently, the answer to the plummeting economy is finger-painting!

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Submitted by

StuntDouble

on October 23, 2008 - 1:00pm.

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oh my

Submitted by

zaine (188 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 12:57pm.

is leisha good at everything she does?=O i mean that painting is really good..

I Know!!

Submitted by

Lady Insane (22 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 1:05pm.

That's EXACTLY what I was gonna say!

~Kiss me, Touch me, Feel me F*ck me...~

BUT BUY ME DINNER FIRST!!

Ditto! That painting is

Submitted by

Tina's Cry (31 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 1:07pm.

Ditto! That painting is hella nice! I didn't expect that.

I second that. Man, is

Submitted by

tracy (91 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 1:05pm.

I second that. Man, is Leisha talented! I can barely draw stick figures.

wow. that's a lot of money.

Submitted by

Woolf20 (512 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 1:07pm.

wow. that's a lot of money. i wish i would get the half of it for my paintings. maybe i should write on the painting that it was made by a lesbian ;-)

I love Leisha's painting!!

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Wow, Leisha's work is amazing.

Submitted by

Emma (296 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 1:34pm.

Wow, Leisha's work is amazing. It looks like she's definitely had some experience painting before, clean lines, great coloring, nice shadow too. Definitely good stuff.

Giving fangirls the ability to purchase a creation of their idols: great way to raise money. Good job Human Rights Campaign. :)

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Wow...

Submitted by

playthemusic814 (245 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 1:36pm.

Is there anything that LH can't do? What an amazing all-around artist. So glad that Alice is the center of TLW spin-off.

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~It means pride.~

Lesbians with extra pocket money?

Submitted by

ternie (6 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 1:54pm.

Hell, you should have seen the gay fellows stalking the table to protect their bids in that silent auction. One of them nearly beat me down when I tried to up my bid for Lucas Silveira's painting. I'm still bitter.

Sure Leisha has talent and

Submitted by

Matteo (29 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 1:59pm.

Sure Leisha has talent and I bet she just does that one with not many time, because she was asked to do it. And for that I can accept the fact that the arrangement and the tension are not really good. (sorry, no native speaker)

But I would like to see more of her art if she does some.

LH's painting is quite

Submitted by

FreewheelNat (120 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 2:08pm.

LH's painting is quite good, I would happily display it in my living room (if I had $960 to spend on a painting that is!) but the other 2 looks like a painting I could make myself so I guess I'd save myself $700 by painting it myself ;-)

Oh wait, I'm missing the point - it's all about having a painting by a celebrity. Oh well...

@Woolf20 - is your avatar a painting you did? It looks great!

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yeah that's one of my

Submitted by

Woolf20 (512 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 2:16pm.

yeah that's one of my paintings . thanks!!

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YOUR ART WORK

Submitted by

chilaxing (296 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 2:59pm.

I checked out your Myspace profile, I think your art work is beautiful.

Thank you :-)

Submitted by

Woolf20 (512 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 3:07pm.

Thank you :-)

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Sara Quin <3

Submitted by

xemilyx (1 post)

on October 23, 2008 - 2:16pm.

Would so pay more for sara's, i think it is wikid :)

leisha's is bludy amazing tho! OMG! xxxxx

Leisha has got me

Submitted by

Smagninborg (94 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 2:41pm.

Boy! I knew Leisha stuck out with her acting skills, and especially since she formed Uh Huh Her with Camilla, she definitely catched my ears with her music. BUT BOY CAN THIS WOMAN PAINT!!!

God, my lower jaw drags on the bottom and polishes my laminate...

Which other surprises might nap inside her? Can she dive 5 minutes without oxygen, does she run the 100 meters in 9,62 seconds or does she know every single line from shakespeares romeo and juliet? how will we ever know?

Boy, she has got me.

Wow

Submitted by

Sarah C. (115 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 2:46pm.

My crush on Leisha just multiplied by ten. No joke. What an amazing painting! There's nothing Leisha can't do....

Damn

Submitted by

Amylin (213 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 2:54pm.

Leisha's painting is really good, I love it... I'm impressed.

Holy crap...

Submitted by

SubtextRules (329 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 4:37pm.

Leisha is uber talented. Her painting is off the charts amazing. She must have taken lessons or something. Her perspective is too good to be natural. But if I'm wrong, then I bow down before her in admiration!

Well....

Submitted by

Kyra (20 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 4:40pm.

Painting is not Tegan's strongest of talents...

I'm impressed that she had enough guts to put that thing out for the world to pay money for. I would be wickedly embarrassed to have that sitting remotely near Leisha Hailey's...

Still though, it's kind of charming in a pre-school kind of way.

holy. crap.

Submitted by

chismes (133 posts)

on October 23, 2008 - 8:29pm.

Leisha can paint, too?!

Okay. It's official. She is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE LESBIAN EVER. No, wait. SHE IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PERSON EVER.

I am definitely going to

Submitted by

XxBeefCorexX (17 posts)

on October 24, 2008 - 7:30am.

I am definitely going to have to start selling my paintings, I'll just write made by a lesbian on the back instead of signing my name lol

I have no time to dote or dream:
You call it hope–that fire of fire!
It is but agony of desire.

Leisha rocks!

Submitted by

rieann (245 posts)

on October 24, 2008 - 8:56am.

Wow! She is super talented! How cool is she eh?

Muse

Submitted by

Gezza (28 posts)

on October 24, 2008 - 9:03am.

OMG Leisha's painting is amazing... i've been thinking about getting out the old pencils and paper - she may just have inspired me to do so!

Just another reason to love

Submitted by

bigeyedfro (31 posts)

on October 24, 2008 - 4:04pm.

Just another reason to love Leisha Hailey. lol Her painting is great. I love her as an actress and the music Uh Huh Her makes is great as well. Am I the only one who loved those yogurt commercials ? lol