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Space Traveling

71 x 98 cm

acrylic on canvas

2004

After the painter produced two paintings of Paris Hilton, came the photo of her at Yahoo News Photo when she was signing her new book, on a table with the big logo of Virgin Air. It was then followed by the news about Virgin boss Sir Richard Bransen made an agreement with Paul G. Allen and Burt Rutan to turn the SpaceShipOne project into a space traveling with Virgin logo attached on the space ship. It inspired the painter to produce this painting.

Paris Hilton signs a copy of her new book, 'Confessions of an Heiress,' at a book-signing event in New York, Thursday, Sept. 9., 2004.

(Fashion Wire Daily/Grant Lamos IV)

Thu Sep 16, 5:48 PM ET

British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson holds a model of SpaceShipOne, a privately developed manned rocket created by aviation designer Burt Rutan and funded by billionaire Paul Allen, in London Monday Sept. 27, 2004. Space tourism could be the next giant leap for mankind under a plan unveiled Monday by the Virgin boss. Sir Richard Branson announced that Virgin Group has entered an agreement to license the technology to develop the world's first privately funded space travel, Virgin Galactic.

(AP Photo/PA, Fiona Hanson)

Mon Sep 27, 8:12 AM ET

Richard Branson, who is licensing the technology of the SpaceShipOne spacecraft for his proposed Virgin Galactic space travel service, is shown during a news conference after SpaceShipOne landed successfully October 4, 2004 at the Mojave Airport Civilian Test Center in Mojave, California. SpaceShipOne was pronounced the winner of the Ansari X Prize. Test pilot Brian Binnie made a suborbital flight into space on the second required flight into space winning the $10 million Ansari X Prize. The prize was being offered to whomever makes two flights 62 miles high, an altitude generally accepted as being in space, in two weeks or less. SpaceShipOne made the first successful flight in the attempt to win the Ansari X Prize on September 29, 2004.

( REUTERS/Fred Prouser)

Oct 04 2:34 PM ET

SpaceShipOne, bottom, rockets into space over the Mojave desert on Monday Oct. 4, 2004, in this photo taken in Mojave, Calif., captured using a telescope and proprietary tracking software built by two young astronomers, Ron Dantowitz and his assistant Marek Kozubal. Dantowitz and Kozubal, from the Clay Center Observatory, which is part of the Dexter School for boys and the Southfield School for girls, a K-12 school in Brookline, Mass., used the telescope and proprietary tracking software which were powerful enough to see the launch all the way into space. SpaceShipOne broke through the Earth's atmosphere to the edge of space Monday for the second time in five days, capturing a $10 million prize aimed at opening the final frontier to tourists.

(AP Photo/ Dexter/Southfield Schools/WorldPictureNews, HO)

Oct 04 3:51 PM ET

Oprah's 276 Car Prize

72 x 99 cm

acrylic on canvas

2004

When the painter was working the historical painting about Jenna Bush sticking her tongue inside the presidential limousine, came the news about Oprah Winfrey presenting 276 car prize to the audience of her famous talk show. Most of those receiving the car prize were housewives who have no car. It inspired the painter to make this painting that combines Oprah face and the photo of her 276 car prize and the Jenna Bush sticking tongue inside the limousine at the background.

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey (C) poses atop a Pontiac G6 auto outside her studios in Chicago, September 9, 2004. Winfrey is surrounded by some of the 276 people from the audience of her show who each received one of the new cars during the show's taping, to celebrate the premiere of Winfrey's 19th season.

(Bob Davis/Harpo Productions via Reuters)

Tue Sep 14, 6:58 PM ET

Oprah Winfrey smiles as she poses for the photographers during The United Nations Association of the United States of America's 'Global Leadership Awards Dinner,' in New York, on September 30, 2004.

(REUTERS/Albert Ferreira )

Sep 30 5:19 PM ET

Shoe Sign for Climbing to the Heaven

50 x 70 cm

acrylic on canvas

2004

This is just to record the shoe of Jenna Bush when she was sitting beside her father during the family's waiting for the final results of the election 2004. The spectacle on the bottom right is to depict the painter's feeling of being climbing to the heaven soon. The red maroon ribbon under the spectacle, which shaped like a "V", is to depict Jenna's red maroon dress during the presidential speech a few hours later. After the painter put the signature at the gray part on the painting, there was a photo of Jenna wearing gray jacket upon arrival at the White House.

Member of Bush family and friends gather around to watch early poll result in the residence of the White House, from left to right, Sam Leblond, nephew, daughter Jenna, President Bush , daughter Barbara, first lady Laura Bush, President Bush's father, former President George H. W. Bush, former first lady Barbara Bush, sister Dora Koch, sister-in-law Maria and her husband Neil Bush and family friend Lois Betts Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. Walking out the room is their dog Barney.

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nov 02 7:17 PM ET

"You're Pinked....."

79 x 92 cm

acrylic on canvas

2004

After the painter produced two paintings of Paris Hilton, with pink as her favorite color, then came the appearance of Donald Trump at Tonight Show with Jay Leno, wearing pink tie that even Jay Leno asked him about that because previously he used to wear red tie. It inspired the painter to make this painting with the title "You're Pinked....." that somewhat similar to his popular words in the Apprentice "You're Fired.....".

Entrepreneur and reality show host Donald Trump (L) makes an appearance on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' at the NBC studios in Burbank, California September 7, 2004.

( NO SALES REUTERS/Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Handout)

Wed Sep 8, 1:05 AM ET

"Arnold at Wall Street Bull"

93 x 150 cm

acrylic on canvas

2004

This painting was made based on the photo of Wall Street Bull after the announcement of president George W. Bush winning the 2004 election and the photo of Arnold Schwazenegger at Jay Leno Tonight Show. When the painting was nearly finished, there was the news about former president George H. W. Bush rewarding Arnold Schwazenegger with Award for Excellence in Public Service Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004 on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

A man walks past the charging bull statue near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. all Street shares roared higher as investors reacted to news that President George W. Bush had secured a re-election victory after a tight race.

(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

AFP - Nov 03 9:51 AM

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno' Friday, Aug. 6, 2004, at the NBC studios in Burbank, Calif.

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

AP - Oct 30 12:51 PM

Former President George Bush , right, presents California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the 2004 George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004 on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Schwarzenegger joins former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass., as Bush Award recipients.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

AP - Nov 30 3:55 PM

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stands on the stage after being introduced by former President George H. W. Bush during ceremonies to award Schwarzenegger the 2004 George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, November 30, 2004. The award is presented annually by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation. Past recipients include former U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell

Reuters - Nov 30 4:08 PM

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