What a day. It kind of seems unreal and I’m having trouble grasping that it’s actually happened — that Bush is out of the White House and a man with such incredible potential is in.

In order to mark this day, I thought I’d post some of the amazing artwork that Obama’s campaign and victory has inspired. I think the plethora of vibrant images speaks very strongly to the inspiration Obama has been able to provide to Americans, specifically youth and the creative.

Congratulations, America!

“obama talks to u.s.” wall art

Obama Car Art

Zilly Rosen of ZILLYCAKES in Buffalo, NY, builds a likeness of presidential candidate Barack Obama using 1240 cupcakes.

obama_melrose

Alex Grey’s Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader

Obama :: Critical Mass Bicycle Halloween Costume

US NEWS OBAMA-ART-ADV10 3 TB

Freelance artist Ray Noland, a graduate of the School of the Art Institute, holds one of his posters of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, at a gallery on Madison Street in Chicago, February 4, 2008. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

UNITE

This is a large portrait I finished the morning of the election . I have been working on it for over 5 months. I pulled from about 50,000 crayons to make this. It is based on the fantastic photograph that Richard Avedon shot of Barack at the ‘04 convention, the same year Avedon died, but from the same spot that he gave his infamous ‘red and blue states” speech.

Scott Hansen’s “Progress”

And of course, the most iconic image of the campaign — Shepard Fairey’s illustrated HOPE poster.

Here’s a short of that portrait being installed at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington on Saturday. (Photo: Jewel Samad)