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| SanMar Corporation 45th Anniversary Celebration. Oil on canvas, 36x40 inches. |
I’m quite
comfortable painting on a stage, in front of 1300 dinner guests. It is a bit of
a challenge, however, to make those 1300 people the subject of the painting!
Moreover, they’re in a darkened room, and I have a spotlight in my eyes! Well,
I would have, except for the expertise and cooperation of the lighting crew at
Meydenbauer Center, the ample convention center in Bellevue, Washington.
SanMarCorporation is a diverse sportswear and active wear company that has sold over
two billion articles of clothing. Still family owned, the company was founded
by a really nice guy, who’s 60th birthday party I painted a few
years back. At that party, easels were set up for the grandchildren to paint
me, while I was painting them. One of those grandchildren joined me on the
stage at this event, and contributed a few brush strokes to this painting. I
depicted her in the lower right.
The
aerialists in the distance were there for quite a while before dinner. But the
ones climbing the bright streaming fabrics on either side of the hall only
performed for five or six minutes.
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| SanMar Corp 45th Anniversary Celebration, detail |
