Obama's Stage is No Lincoln Memorial, Mini-Parthenon, or Greek Temple

Jan. 18th, 2009

PRESS RELEASE:

“CALIFORNIAN ARTIST'S PAINTING OF PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL”

Ron Keas was invited by Shepard Fairey to display his original oil paintings of Barrack Obama at the Manifest Hope Gallery in Denver during the recent Democratic Convention. Ron's first painting was of President Obama at the Lincoln Memorial. It is titled, "Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow." In the background is Lincoln's statue, being saluted by a child, with President Obama standing proudly in the foreground. In the painting, Lincoln's statue represents Yesterday, President Obama represents Today, and the child represents Tomorrow. As a result of the Gallery presentation, his paintings were noticed by the right people, and Ron’s charming original oil portrait of the Obama family was selected by the publishers of a collector calendar to be featured as the illustration for the month of August, which happens to be President Obama’s birthday month, (Aug; 4th) This calendar will be for sale at the Inauguration Ceremony. To date, Ron has completed 12 Barack Obama paintings and they can all be seen on his website at http://www.keasart.com.

He is also offering limited edition prints of all the paintings. His newest painting is scheduled to be unveiled today on his website. It is titled, "The Beginning" It shows Barack as a baby on a Hawaiian beach, discovering a sandcastle of the White House.

Ron Keas

Keas Gallery

Lucerne, CA

PO Box 474

http://www.keasart.com

phone 707-274-8786

Ron Keas of CA 1:53PM January 18, 2009