Youtube - Jan 31, 2011
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thanks to many people for seven
exhibitions i was counting the number of
artists that we hold for seven years and
i encountered more than 300 artists that
were having an exhibition 47a group and seven
a solo exhibitions and then with this
amazing person that i have right here with me
many people know he's a legend for seven
years i listen to his name and they
mention and they keep saying can we have
you know that person is compared and
boring and
he doesn't know that he's a legend and
that's what we're trying to represent
i'm here i'm just gonna pass the
microphone to kenya welcome and thank
you so much
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what should i say i just want to thank
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everybody here everyone and that i'm
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just
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a part of all of you because you're
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what you created me
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and
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and i'm really so grateful it's just
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it's just so perfect and wonderful i
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just want to thank everybody on a
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journey around the world
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working with some of the most important
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people on the planet earth
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and her tamboy
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gave me the start and all the really
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said listen let's have a show and i said
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oh i can't do it
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drains me but she put together a wonder
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wonderful show
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uh here uh and it and this is from
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collections from childhood
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when when i started
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and and i
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i really am just it's just so perfect
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and i want to thank everyone that
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contributed to this
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thank you very very much
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if there's any questions does anyone
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have a question
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i do yes of all of all you've painted
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uh who is the most exciting character in
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your opinion
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i think you know that's a good question
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i think so many i've done i've hit and
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worked with so many great people i've
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been so fortunate one is when i really
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is gene kelly gene kelly um gene kelly
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there's a fellow that lived in protambit
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by the name of uh samuel goldfish mr
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harry did you attend
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public schools uh no no i didn't one
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year i did one year but it was my
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brother ron harry that pulled i was
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always in hollywood california during my
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summers people my friends are going to
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camp or they go somewhere and i'd be in
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hollywood with my brother spending three
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months in hollywood on beechwood drive
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so and i was fortunate to
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go around without adult supervision my
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mom and dad didn't know that but my
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brother
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let me out of the loose but we were
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really he was a good brother because he
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always made sure i got to my art classes
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in laguna beach with leanne frank so we
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just had a great relationship the
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exhibition to start in the little room
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and we started with a little painting
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how old were you
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the
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the first painting i did it was a
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portrait commission by chris scott and i
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was 10 years old this guy he was four he
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was 14
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and i would tell him chris would you
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sing like johnny mathis for me and he
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would sing like johnny mathis while i
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was painting it so i always have johnny
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mathis on mine which i'm going to paint
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because daddy's still so performing but
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um that was my first portrait commission
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and i got paid fifty dollars i said this
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is a great career
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wow i made money by paying because and
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that painting is here and it's it's in
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the private collection but i was able to
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get that i was traveling so much because
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my paintings would be sold
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my cousin who passed away is posed with
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a portrait of
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the pirate of the keys and he
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photographed me while we were working so
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we documented everything it was all it
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was so great because we'd be on a road
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motels hotels anywhere we could stay it
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didn't matter but we traveled so many
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places and right now i'm reviewing a lot
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of the photographs of the travels
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finally the person that we were
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expecting that you're written is she's
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celebrating
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his work amazing
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good evening
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mr harry hi hi how are you i've become a
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very great fan of yours
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um and so is everyone else that's here
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we're here tonight celebrating um your
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accomplishments um your
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love for art
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and we're here to say to you thank you
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for being our native son thank you that
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this is always your home and for the
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envoy and that we're very proud
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to say that we have someone in bertie
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and boy that is worldwide known
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that's proud that makes us proud as
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children of her family
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that we can come out and celebrate with
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you um all your accomplishments and i
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say to you thank you very much and to
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have your artwork displayed here in our
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great city
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for you to come back home
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and to allow us to display it here in
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our art gallery says a lot about you
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and how much you care enough about the
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city to come back and
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share with us
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this beautiful artwork so i thank you
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and i also have a citation for you from
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me
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but per the envoy as you can see uh
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loves you thank you it's not subpoena
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right no
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this is a good citation but
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by the crowds here you can see how proud
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everyone is
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wonderful and that we are very grateful
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again to you um there's a mayor here
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that just love
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art i'm an art lover and people know
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that when you come into our city hall
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you're going to come to my office and
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see a beautiful mural that was painted
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in my in my office and i'm going to make
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sure that then after me no other mayor
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can paint over those murals because
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we're going gonna leave art for our
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future generations thank you very much
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so
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me
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is
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me
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oh
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care
