Portraits of Ale House regulars hang alongside those of Roger Ebert, Dan Akroyd and Gilda Radner. Group portraits feature some nefarious characters in very compromising situations (erotic), the latest additions including impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich awaiting a cavity search and a gun toting nude Sarah Palin. Elliot has said to have received no formal training, but found influence growing up from magical realist painter Gertrude Abercrombie, who lived on Chicago's South Side.
Artist Bruce Eliot of the Old Town Ale House has concocted this grand painting, simply titled "The Cavity Search." That looks like George Ryan in the background as a fellow inmate and Al Sharpton as the janitor.