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Message:: [QUOTE="Cloaked Artist, post: 13140255, member: 115375"]Bret Kennedy was a high school student in the mid seventies. That is when he painted this picture. I saw him painting it in class, maybe 1975 or 76. (It took him a long time to finish.) Magnolia Street was just a few blocks from the school... R.A. Long school... so most likely he lived there. Even though he was very quiet and unassuming (and quite tall), he would go around the class and help other students who were struggling with their pictures. He would do many one man shows at the Public Library Gallery, and those shows were a highlight to the arts community in Longview. He was also featured at various shows and galleries. When he painted this picture he was a very young man, and I can vouch from being a part of the community, that he became a talented and creative artist.[/QUOTE]