"Neo-Goths"
This is the updated version of the iconic “American Gothic” by Grant Woods.
The size is 5’ W x 3’ H.
It is painted with Ronan Aquacote on a recycled wood sign.
Sam Dantone
"Neo-Goths" belongs to the following groups:
***♂♥♥QUORN♥♥♀, Anticonsumerism, ART ACTION UNION - CREATIVE ACTIVISM, Core [C.O.R.E], Current Issues, DaDa Land, Dark Future, End Times, Humorous Illustrations ( NO PHOTOGRAPHY ) , Parody, Shameless Self-Promotion and Solo Exhibition
Marilyn Brown
How cool is this! I hope you enter it into the challenge After the Master on Wednesday.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you for the heads up, Marilyn,
In fact, I posted this specifically for the challenged.
See you Wednesday…
Sam
montdragon
Sam I have to hold my “tongue” OMG ha ha…they look like “Re-Born Americans” who just woke up after eight years of bing under a “Bush” and sunshine of Rush Limbaugh pumped up their derrières 24-7 only to realize they be Neo-Goths waiting for their Visigoth brethren to storm the Bastille of Republicanism to kick in to save the mobile trailer…it ain’t gonna happen they are lost…come to Jesus oh yea faithful. So much for holding my tongue…Bravo you have a Sam Dantone artistic guile.
Sam Dantone replied
Than you Montdragon,
This was painted back in ‘06, and I was afraid it would loose it’s power of a current message in the post-Bush era. I like your take that they are just now emerging from an eight year slumber.
Just as the lefties all climb under their rocks of complacency, now that Obama has their backs…
Sam
theyellowfury
Great work. I saw this tonight.

Sam Dantone replied
You guys are the best…
Thank you for the feature.
Sam
Sam Dantone replied
It took me a second glance to notice the attachment.
It’s a real, Reel World…
Sam
Larry Butterworth
God I feel right at home with them, my brother and his wife, looks like they lived under those power lines too long.
Sam Dantone replied
To be fair, I can identify too…
Those are all my cars in the painting…
Sam
H M Bascom
Such truth in this image!
Sam Dantone replied
A lot of votes for Bush came from the working poor.
I have always seen it as an Irony, but hey…
Sam
Ross Radiation
looks great,
reality! nice
Sam Dantone replied
If I hadn’t come from this neighborhood, I am not sure I could have cornered this reality… Three cheers to moving on.
Sam
Conrad Stryker
Yeah, that’s about right.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Conrad,
Far Right…
Sam
LoneAngel
nice one
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you LoneAngel,
I appreciate the comment…
Sam
BLYTHART
What a coincidence … I just bought a book about Grant Woods yesterday :) This is really clever … well done!
Sam Dantone replied
Hi Blythart,
One little fact you will find in your book about the original of this painting is that Grant used his dentist as a model. As pure coincidence this is painted on an old dentist’s sign.
Enjoy your book and thank you,
Sam
BLYTHART
I love coincidences. Silly little things, such as the fact that today I bought a USB turntable from a company called Ion and my son received a CD he’d ordered from a different company also called Ion.
Sam Dantone replied
USB Turntable!!! Why hadn’t I thought of that. I have stacks that I am listening to less and less. I need to do some serious burning. Thanks for the tip…
Sam
mscholl21
This is fantastic! Excellent work, Sam.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Michael, I appreciate the encouragement…
Sam
Sebastiaan Koenen
What a great drawing style!!!
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Sebastiaan,
Now, if I could just get a better hair style…
Sam
Pinkham
Really like this. Power lines are a nice touch.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Pinkham, I grew up under power lines like that. They are the lines from Pekin’s “Powerton” plant that run to Chicago all in Illinois. My head still buzzes…
Sam
taiche
This is ab fab …love it
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Taiche, I appreciate it…
Sam
mimi yoon
this is brilliant, sam… you have my vote… : )
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Mimi, Thanks for the vote…
Sam
MuscularTeeth
thats great.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you MuscularTeeth…
Sam
aussiedi
Hi Sam, you have a very interesting gallery. This one reminds me of the redneck area of Marcola.
Congrats on the feature.
Di
Sam Dantone replied
Right in our backyards…
wait this is my backyard.
Thank you Di.
Jay Michelsen
I like it. Right down to the skoal ring in the bib pocket.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Jay,
I appreciate your opinion, I really enjoyed having a gander at your work.
Sam
Karen Hazelwood
I like to read what others are saying about this piece. They’ve really checked it out well. As always, I think you’re an amazing artist….
Sam Dantone replied
What is amazing is that you choose to be married to me…
Husband
Marilyn Brown
Congrats on being featured on the Home Page. This painting really deserves the exposure!
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Marilyn,
What a surprise to find the feature this morning, it is my first on the home page. And, I am in some fine company with the other featured works.
Sam
Stephen Morris
A brilliant piece of art and a brilliant piece of storytelling.
All those tiny details (my favourite is the pitchfork tattoo) say so much!
Great work!
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Stephen,
Details are my mark.
In fact I am a bit obsessed with them…
Sam
rufflesal
Nice piece …awesome actually. How long did it take?
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you rufflesal,
I can’t be sure of the time, but is something like 40 hours.
All in a weeks work…
Sam
Earthmonster
Respect.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Earthmonster,
I’m feelin’ the respect…
Sam
JRobin Whitley
LOL great painting. Are you from the south? I’ve seen this setting…
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you JRobin,
We all have a little south in us…
Actually, I hail from the great midwest metropolis of Peoria, IL.
Sam
montdragon
Sam Dantone is my Hompage Homeboy…Dude a Feature (one of many great pieces of art) way to go Homie…big smile…Kudos.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Mont,
like they say, there is a first time for everything.
I’m happy…
Sam
Jolie
What impeccable detail!
A true & wonderful update to a classic!!
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Jolie,
Grant sure gave me a good foundation to work from.
His Iconic original is nearly universal in it’s scope.
Sam
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CONGRATULATIONS
Sam Dantone replied
Hi Miranda,
Thank you so much for getting the home page linked here. Thats awesome …
Sam
MichelleR
LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Michelle,
Love is what it is all about.
Sam
Christian Zammit
WELL DONE for featuring in the redbubble homepage.
your work is really great
Christian Zammit
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Christian,
The response has been so nice and overwhelming…
Sam
mimi yoon
wow sam… CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
you so well deserved it… and you know which piece i voted for~ :D
i think today’s homepage is one of the best ever….
Sam Dantone replied
Hi Mimi,
Thank you for the vote.
This is a great home page, I am in some real fine company…
Sam
zooreka
This is cool – I like the style… and of course the American dream – Trailertown!!!
Rambling perspective really fits in here too.
Well done on the feature.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you zooreka, ( cute moniker )
I keep dreaming, but so far it’s all Trailertown…
Sam
Karen Hazelwood
Congratulations husband….this is much deserved. Everyone should know your art…it’s exciting and different. This is one of my favorites…
Love, wife
Elaine van Dyk
Congratulations on having this one featured. It’s fantastic – those characters are priceless…..wonderfully portrayed story.
Sam Dantone replied
Hi Elaine,
Thank you for your priceless comment, it is very much appreciated…
Sam
Denis Dalby
So good! Saw it on the home page. Good stuff!
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Denis,
The home page feature is much to my surprise, It has brought so much nice response…
Sam
Jayme Rutherford
This is awesome! Great work. Congrats on the feature as well!
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Jayme (cool spelling)
I appreciate you checking the piece out more closely and your kind comment…
Sam
Carla Jandelle...
haha…it was YOU in my backyard getting pictures! lol…....he should have a beer can or a remote control in his hand…lol awesome image…and congrats on the Feature!
Sam Dantone replied
Ha, Ha, Carla,
You called those extra details right, If I had thought of them they would for sure be there.
Your food pics are making me hungry…
Sam
brettisagirl
this is so accurate
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Brett,
I can only get the accuracy by living it…
Sam
CapturedByKylie
A big congratulations on being featured on the home page (28th Feb 2009).
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Kylie,
Thanks for getting the date on here too!
Sam
Sam Dantone replied
I just noticed, It’s the 27th here in the states…
This world is getting smaller.
Sam
MaterialsGirl
AWESOME. Quite the statement. Congrats on the feature too.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you MG,
Much appreciated…
Sam
kevin smith sk...
Excellent…....a thousand words.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Kevin,
Excellent comment…
Sam
zooreka
Lol…. maybe the best place on earth!!! :) Love the way that people continually put down tralertown (even folk that come from there). In the present economic climate and people abandoning houses as they cannot afford the mortgage (That’s one of the greatest cons on earth…) I am sure that folk in trailertown are faring far better than their better off brothers and sisters… and good luck to them too….
Sam Dantone replied
You are so right. My wife and I have been joking that we are able to make it through these hard times because we are already poor and have not had far to adjust. Truth is it has been very hard for us, however we have not missed a meal, yet… So I guess we are blessed.
Sam
zooreka
I have to sympathise with you on that score. I have even had my safety net eliminated and just discovered we are going to be parents into the bargain….. I live in a 3rd world country and am unemployed here and have no idea if the people renting y house are going to be able to do so for the coming year – making it a bit of a nightmare scenario. If I have to return to Ireland I am faced with inflation that’s starting to run away, the highest deficit in Europe, all my securities wiped out, incumbent debts and now a new Levy that the Government have decided to Levy on those lucky enough to have been able to keep their jobs.
No wonder I hate the place so much – they always screw the taxpayer for every one of their Fxxk Ups!!!! Not so long about they were all wowing the wonderful Celtic Tiger that could never die…. I couldn’t get work in my own country, they wouldn’t even train up their own nationals, just imported anyone they could get. So much for development… and now I am sure many of these ingrates will bugger off (but since we’re all in the same boat at the moment I cannot see the advantage in that either…) Point is they were wrong as I knew they would be…. bad as it might be for us in Peru at the moment I am sure I made the right choices 6 years ago….. and at least the weather is much nicer in Latin America too…. The food is great and cheap so even in a bad month we still manage to survive and eat reasonable well for the time being!!!
paul romanowski
a land mark in American art…i think…
Farras Abdelnour
awesome! beautiful variation on a theme
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you Farras,
Sam
gerrardt
incredible artist you are!! i enjoy your style very much.
MrHill
Brilliant my friend…..as always…
Pip Gerard
now this is something bloody fantastic!! glad I found it.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you kindly Pip,
Sam
Tenee Attoh
I like you comic art work, very very good, class of its own.
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you very much…
Sam
Woodie
A brilliant piece of modern art that can be recognized all over the world.
Cheers Neil
Sam Dantone replied
Thank you kindly Woodie,
Sam
Sanne Thijs
here is an old screenshot from 28th of February 2009

Sam Dantone replied
Excellent, Thank you Sanne,
I really appreciate you posting this…
Sam
F.A. Moore
Inside Solo, vol 14! <<Click to go!
Congratulations! on your feature in the magazine.
Inside Solo is the Art News and Resource magazine from Solo Exhibition.
The magazine is now a formal publication, in PDF format, downloadable from its RB page. Please take the link back to comment at the end of the issue. A reprint of just your feature article is available from a link on the inside back cover of the magazine, for your portfolio.
Kartoon about 1 month ago
i so love your work and i just realized that you were not in my watchlist, i was positive i had added you (but it was my other gallery, DreaM).
your art is so provoking and incredible! as said by Mark: respect!
mrFrais 22 days ago
love this ! so real
Kenton Elliott 15 days ago
This is great work in all respects! I love it!