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KSCartist
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From: Titusville, FL
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posted 06-09-2020 06:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So last April, my friend Pam Rodgers Hill, the president of the Wheeler Historical Museum, asked if they could use my painting for a new billboard promoting the city as the birthplace of the late Alan Bean. The museum's exhibit dedicated to him has several of his personal artifacts on display.

Of course I said yes!

The challenge was scaling up an 18-by-24-inch painting to 25 feet wide by 10 feet high. The solution, Pam took a high res photo of the painting and I scaled it up to a 18mb canvas.

Today Pam send me a photo of the billboard. To say I'm delighted is an understatement. Thank you Wheeler, Texas!

GACspaceguy
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posted 06-09-2020 06:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GACspaceguy   Click Here to Email GACspaceguy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow! That is so great!

KSCartist
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posted 06-09-2020 07:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Signed and numbered prints are available from the museum store.

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