Teacher fired for “butt painting”

A high school art teacher has been fired after his out of hours activities as a "butt printing artist" became public knowledge. The Associated Press has reported that the Chesterfield County School Board decided to terminate the employment of Stephen Murmer.

Murmer, a teacher at Monacan High School, was suspended in December after objections were raised about his private abstract artwork, much of which includes smearing his posterior and genitals with paint and pressing them against canvas.

His paintings sell for as much as $900 each on his Web site.

The unique approach to art became a topic when a clip showing Murmer, wearing a fake nose and glasses, a towel on his head and black thong, turned up on YouTube.com.

That video inevitably made its way to the high school.

It raises a lot of interesting questions, regarding the relationship between the professional life and the private life.

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