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“The Guggenheim not only inspired

           me to paint this extraordinary

           building, it also inspired the City

           and the People of Bilbao giving

           them pride and purpose for their

           future. The Chameleon Effect of changing                      trying to capture the power, the grace, the

           color all day with its reflective surface                     originality and the breathtaking titanium

           catching the light at different times of the                  reflection. As my Family lives in Gorliz,

           day was particularly intriguing. Painting                     around 20 minutes from Bilbao, it has a

           the Guggenheim allowed me to experiment                       deeper meaning for myself, my family and

           with different forms of abstraction, always                   the Basque People.”









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