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subsequently repainted exactly for a second time, in the summer of dreamers who accomplished much, from Chief Dan George to John

2012. The artist, Paul Ygartua, is a master in portraiture with work F Kennedy, to Terry Fox. The west facing wall features a “Salute to
featured around the world. the Record Breakers”, showing famous faces of personalities that

have changed their sport through great achievements, from Pele,
You can see his history, accolades, gallery and many projects at: to Rocket Richard to Wayne Gretzky. The mural was the brainchild

www.ygartua.com Paul is one of the premier portrait artists in the of Beachcomber owners Keith and Judy Scott, back in 1999. As the
world today, with an amazing gift to work on images at many times company launched globally, Keith and Judy wanted to do something

actual life size. These faces are over 10 feet / 305 cm high! This is special to share with the Beachcomber organization, and the
one of the world’s largest paintings of its kind, at some 300 feet / community at large as the millennium approached.

91,40 meters long and 25 feet / 76,2 meters high, featured in two After the painting was complete, a community party was held on
segments. The south-facing wall is called “Beachcomber Salutes the site to celebrate worldwide expansion with this mural as evidence

Legends of the Millennium”, a collection of faces that have changed of this special launch.
the course of history in the last 100 years. These are famous people, (Article on Surrey Now-Leader, Surrey, British Columbia)

RECORD BREAKERS & LEGENDS OF THE MILLENNIUM, 2000 ACRYLIC ON CEMENT 3OX3OO FEET | 9.14X91.44 METERS (VANCOUVER, CANADA)
THE TWO MURALS COMBINED: THE “RECORD BREAKERS” AND “THE LEGENDS”, AN AREA OF 9,000 SQUARE FEET REPRESENTS THE LARGEST MURAL IN THE WORLD FREEHAND
PAINTED SINGLE HANDEDLY BY ONE ARTIST, WITHOUT PROJECTOR OR SCALE

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