Why Tod Lippy Painted Trump Voters for His Booth at Independent

When Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential election, artist and editor Tod Lippy—like many of his peers on the left—was stunned. But instead of turning inward, he went looking for answers. What followed was an obsessive two-day search for voters who had publicly supported Trump, not on social media but in op-eds, news interviews, and regional press. He found 50 of them. Then, having never painted before, he began painting each one.The result is My Fellow Americans, a grouping o