The grift continues for Hunter Biden. He debuted his latest artwork at the Georges Bergès Gallery in New York City on Thursday night. His paintings sell for up to $225,000. It’s his Haiku series. Really. The paintings are described as being of colorful flowers and tree-like designs. On the back of the painting is a haiku poem.

Hunter’s haiku isn’t the traditional form of haiku, though. Traditional haiku contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. They are usually about nature and about a specific season. Hunter’s haiku, though? Not so much.

Atoms bloom in my chest

All the room is filled it is full

I can see all the colors

Maybe it’s just me but I’m not seeing the nature in that one. Or a season. Hunter’s art dealer, the owner of the Soho gallery, Georges Berges, shared that little gem. Berges said that the new series of paintings is not like Hunter’s previous paintings that were abstractions in brown ink. The new collection is brushwork on canvas.

All of this may be a nice distraction for Hunter (and the press) from the investigations into his corrupt business dealings and tax problems (allegedly) but the new career into the world of art continues to raise ethics questions. Let’s face it, Hunter is untrained and a beginner. Many art critics have said that pieces from such artists do not bring high prices. Hunter’s last name is what is inflating prices. He’s still trading off the family name. It’s not much different than when he was catching a ride on Air Force Two to China or Ukraine or wherever with The Big Guy and getting millions of dollars in deals in exchange for introductions to daddy.

I suppose it is possible that some people may truly like his work. There are always people with more money than sense. They may think paying for Hunter’s art with a check for $225,000 is a reasonable price. Most likely they are looking to curry favor with the Biden administration, if not with Joe Biden himself. The potential for ethical conflicts is real and the White House knows it.

Celebrities in L.A. flocked to Hunter’s first gallery showing. Maybe they weren’t necessarily current A-list celebs but there were a few with recognizable names. Boxing champ Sugar Ray Leonard, musician Moby, and artist Shepard Fairey, who is known for creating the iconic Obama Hope campaign poster. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was there, though most likely because he is Joe’s nominee to be ambassador to India.

Last year when Hunter decided to sell his artwork professionally, two former White House ethics chiefs warned about the ethical problems of people buying Hunter’s paintings for high prices.

I just think that’s absolutely appalling,’ Obama White House ethics chief Walter Shaub told Law & Crime’s ‘Objections’ podcast in August.

Richard Painter, George W. Bush’s ethics’ chief, told Fox: ‘It’s going to be very clear with people in the know as to who buys Hunter Biden’s art.

‘The question is, are the American people going to know? The White House should insist on complete transparency.’

This is one business venture that Sleepy Joe can’t deny he knows anything about. The White House had to step in and make an agreement that Joe won’t know who buys his son’s artwork, or for how much money, in order to avoid potential conflicts. You know, like if one of Hunter’s patrons just happens to land a sweet government contract or a prime position. With the reputation of Biden, Inc., nothing is too far-fetched to imagine.

Georges Berges speaks glowingly of Hunter’s talent. Of course, he stands to benefit.

“I think this series is meditative and contemplative, and I think it’s reflective of how he is at the moment,” Bergès added. “There’s a sense of becoming and contentment as he’s getting into his own stride as an artist. The main haiku series is on metal, then he did some others on canvas. He almost reinvents himself to fit the materials, but the great thing is you can see the commonalities in all of them.”

Uh-huh.

Hunter sees himself as an artist painting the universal truth, or something.

“I don’t paint from emotion or feeling, which I think are both very ephemeral,” Biden told Artnet last summer. “For me, painting is much more about kind of trying to bring forth what is, I think, the universal truth…the universal truth is that everything is connected and that there’s something that goes far beyond what is our five senses and that connects us all.”

Again, uh-huh. Just say no to drugs, kids.