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HOMEGROWN ARTIST IS LEAVING
HIS UNIQUE MARK... ALL ACROSS
THE DAYTON REGION. WITH
THE STROKE OF HIS BRUSH, HE
BRINGS TO LIFE THE PEOPLE,
PLACES AND MOMENTS THAT DEFINE
OUR CITIES AND TOWNS. AS
HOLLY SAMUELS DISCOVERED, HIS
PAINTING IS A "PORTRAIT OF
PRIDE"..
7:33:47 NAT - PICKING UP
HARNESS7:33:50 NAT - CLASPING
HARNESS7:25:30I'VE BEEN
PAINTING FOR 26 YEARS.7:46:10
NAT OF CLOSING DOOR TO CHERRY
PICKER7:25:36I'VE PROBABLY
DONE OVER 700 MURALS.7:46:20
NAT OF BEEPING - GOING UP - UP
CLOSE ERIC HENN'S STEADY
HAND COMES WITH NO FORMAL
TRAINING. HE'S A SELF-TAUGHT
PAINTER WHOSE WORK IS
SHOWCASED IN 45 STATES. BUT
NOWHERE IS HIS WORK MORE
APPRECIATED THAN HERE IN THE
MIAMI VALLEY...HIS HOME.7:23:34
IS IT A LITTLE SPECIAL TO DO
SOMETHING IN THE AREA WHERE
YOU'RE FROM? YEAH, IT IS.
7:23:38 THIS PROJECT IS
POISED TO BE A POINT OF PRIDE
IN WEST CARROLLTON. IT'S
TRANSFORMING A WATER TANK,
WHICH SITS ALONG STATE ROUTE
725 NOT FAR FROM THE RAMPS TO
AND FROM I-75 NEAR THE DAYTON
MALL.7:29:36IT'S AWESOME. IT'S
GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS.7:29:50
THIS IS GOING TO BE A REAL
LANDMARK FOR THE CITY I THINK.
THAT'S THE HOPE FOR CITY
LEADERS LOOKING TO CHANGE WEST
CARROLLTON'S IMAGE...TO MAKE
IT'S REALLY KIND OF AN
INVESTMENT IN OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAD THE
EXIT 47 THAT OPENED RECENTLY.
THAT'S A HUGE PIECE OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE, WE LOOK AT
THIS AS THE SAME TYPE OF
INVESTMENT. 7:31:30 A LITTLE
MORE THAN 4-THOUSAND DOLLARS
OF THE MURAL'S PRICE TAG IS
BEING PAID FOR BY A GRANT FROM
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARTS AND
CULTURAL DISTRICT...THE REST
CAME FROM DONATIONS FROM AREA
BUSINESSES AND FUNDRAISERS.
7:30:39IT'S ALL ABOUT IMAGE
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY IN WEST
CARROLLTON WORKING ON
CONTINUING TO ADVANCE OUR
IMAGE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE BOTH
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS ARE
HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AND
WHAT WE'RE OFFERING AND WE'RE
ALWAYS TRYING TO ATTRACT NEW
RESIDENTS AND NEW BUSINESSES
TO THE COMMUNITY. 7:31:05
GAINES SAYS CURB-APPEAL DOES
MATTER WHEN YOU'RE COMPETING
FOR BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS.
THIS IMAGE IS ALSO
STRATEGIC..IT'S BASED ON A
PHOTO TAKEN IN 1914 AND
FEATURED IN RIPLEY'S BELIEVE
IT OR NOT MAGAZINE CALLED THE
5 MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
7:37:50THIS IS A 1909 C PLANE
THAT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
DEVELOPED. 7:37:57 THIS AREA
WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY
PLACE WHERE THE RIVER, CANAL,
INTERURBAN, TRAIN AND HIGHWAY
CAME TOGETHER.7:41:48PUTTIN A
SECOND COAT, A BASE COAT FOR
THE C PLANE...AND THEN I'LL
GET MY PAINT BRUSHES OUT AND
START I'LL START BLENDING
SHADES OF BROWN TO SHOW THE
DETAIL. 7:42:04 BECAUSE 7-
THOUSAND SQUARE FEET...90
GALLONS OF PAINT...AND A DASH
OF CREATIVITY AND TALENT CAN
DO WONDERS. AND ERIC HENN'S
TALENT HAS BEEN MAKING
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE MIAMI
VALLEY A BETTER PLACE FOR MANY
YEARS. HIS WORK IS ALREADY
FEATURED IN MIAMISBURG,
FRANKLIN..AND HIS HOMETOWN OF
MIDDLETOWN.7:24:53IT SHOWS THE
PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT
SHOWS IT'S GROWING.. 7:24:58
7:26:14IT'S GRATIFYING BUT
IT'S NOT REALLY ME, I THINK
IT'S THE COMMUNITY DOING IT.
IT'S A GROUP EFFORT TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN. 7:26:24 IN WEST
CARROLLTON, HOLLY SAMUELS, 2
NEWS.
HENN HAS SUSPENDED WORK ON
THE WEST CARROLLTON MURAL
UNTIL NOVEMBER 12TH. HE'S
BEEN SLOWED BY THE WEATHER,
BUT HE EXPECTS TO FINISH IN
LATE NOVEMBER. WHEN THE
MURAL IS DONE, CITY OFFICIALS
WILL DEDICATE IT.