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> A GIFT FILLED WITH AN
INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE FOR A MAN
FEW GET TO MEET FACE TO FACE.
NEXT...
THE ARTISTS BEHIND THE WORK..
AND THE ATTENTION IT'S
GETTING.///
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>
THAT COULD GET HIM A MEETING
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
WHAT STARTED AS A CONTEST TO
PAINT FORMER GOVERNOR GIBBONS
PORTRAIT NOW HAS OPENED A DOOR
FOR PAINTER ALEX KRASKY.
HE LOST THE CONTEST BUT POSTED
HIS WORK ON YOU TUBE AND THAT
CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SENATOR
REID'S OFFICE.
NOW HE HOPES TO IMPRESS
PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH ANOTHER
PAINTING..
OF WHAT AMERICA MEANS TO HIM, A
NATURALIZED CITIZEN WHO ESCAPED
THE OPPRESSION OF THE SOVIET
UNION:
((
IT SHOULD BE INSPIRING, THEY
SHOULDN'T FORGET THESE YAH KNOW
ROOTS, THE VALUES OF THIS
COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS IS THE
VALUE OF THIS COUNTRY THATS HOW
I FEEL, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T DRAW
THE SAME PAINTING FOR ANY OTHER
COUNTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
IT .
))
IT TOOK HIM MORE THAN THREE
MONTHS TO FINISH THE PAINTING
THAT FEATURES FIVE U-S
PRESIDENTS, INCLUDING CURRENT
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
KRASKY SAYS THE PAINTING
REPRESENTS THE FREEDOMS WE
SOMETIMES TAKE FOR GRANTED.
AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SENATOR
REID'S OFFICE - HE SENT A POSTER
VERSION OF HIS PAINTING - TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.///
((WEATHER TOSS))
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MOST LIKE A MODERN MOUNT
RUSHMORE ON CANVAS, A PORTRAIT
OF FIVE PRESIDENTS.
THE ARTIST WENT THROUGH
INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP TO COME TO
THE UNITED STATES FROM HIS
NATIVE RUSSIA.
NOW HE LIVES IN LAS VEGAS AND HE
HAS CREATED A PAINTING TO PAY
'OMAGE TO THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY
IN AMERICA:
< ALEX KRASKY SHORTENED HIS
LONG, HARD-TO- PRONOUNCE RUSSIAN
NAME WHEN HE BECAME A PROUD
AMERICAN.
ALTHOUGH HE SERVED IN THE
MILITARY BACK IN HIS NATIVE
LAND, HE HAS CHOSEN ART TO
COMMUNICATE HIS NEW FREEDOM..
A FREEDOM HE SWEARS HE WILL
NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED.
00:08.11 "FREEDOM HERE, FREEDOM.
NO CORRUPTION LIKE THEY HAVE
THERE, I JUST BEEN THERE
(RUSSIA) SIX MONTHS AGO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I'M
TELLING YOU THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME IN 10 YEARS WHEN I CAME TO
THE UNITED STATES, I LEFT THE
AIRPLANE AND I SAID "THANK GOD I
AM HOME!" FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE
THAT HAPPENED TO ME.
0:08.35 ALEX KRASKY HAS PAINTED
MANY WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE, BUT HIS
PAINTING OF FIVE AMERICAN
PRESIDENTS IS SPECIAL.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD, AS
BEAUTIFUL AS HIS LOVE FOR THIS
NATION.
00:01.53 "THIS PAINTING IS
AMERICA IN MY EYES, THAT'S HOW I
SEE UNITED STATES,I WANT TO SAY
ITS THE BEST COUNTY TO LIVE AT
AND I WANTED TO SHOW PEOPLE THE
ROOTS OF THIS COUNTRY.
THE THINGS TO MAKE THE BEST
PLACE TO LIVE AT." 00:02.18 HE'S
HOPING TO PRESENT THE PAINTING
IN PERSON TO PRESIDENT OBAMA.
>
HE'S HOPING TO TAKE THE PAINTING
TO WASHINGTON FOR PRESIDENTS
DAY..
WHICH IS MONDAY..
BUT HE SAYS, MIRACLES HAPPEN ALL
THE TIME IN AMERICA.//
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((SPORTS TOSS)) >
> THE GREEN FLAG DROPS O
M THE PP
STAR'S CHILDREN.
THE TONIGHT.
NUMBERS ON THE FORECAST BACK TO
YOU.
>> THANKS.
>> TOMORROW PRESIDENT'S DAY.
SOME OF YOUR LUCKY ENOUGH TO
HAVE THE DAY OFF. ONE LOCAL
IMMIGRANT IS ALREADY
CELEBRATING IN A VERY UNIQUE
WAY. AS NEWS 3 SHOWS US, HE'S
CREATING A PATRIOTIC MASTER
PIECE WITH PAINT BRUSH AND
SMILE.
>> HI TO CATCH THE MOMENT WHEN
HIS EYE LOOK LIFE.
>>Reporter: WITH A FEW STROKE
OF THE BRUSH, OIL PAINT AND
APPRECIATION FOR FREEDOM ARTIST
HAS CREATED A WORK OF ART THAT
SYMBOLIZE THE VISION IS SET
FORTH BY OUR FOUNDING FATHER.
>> THIS IS MY IDEA MY VISION OF
THE UNITED STATES. IT
REPRESENT PIT SHOWS THE COU
COURAGES. IT SHOWS THE
DEMOCRACY. IT SHOWS THE RIGHTS
OF AMERICAN CITIZENS. I WANT
IT TO SHOW HOW L MY VISION, I
WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW I SEE
IT.
>>Reporter: AFTER LAID OFF
FROM HIS JOB AND BECOME AGO
U.S. CITIZEN HE BEGAN TAKING
ART CLASSES AND TRANSLATING HIS
DREAM OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
ON TO AN ART BOARD.
>> UNITED STATES ABOUT UNTIL
EVERY OTHER COUNTRY I WOULDN'T
THINK THIS WAY BUT IN THE
UNITED STATES THE DREAM CAN
COME L TRUE.
>>Reporter: THAT DREAM
ILLUSTRATED BY PORTRAIT OF
PRESIDENT AND IMAGE SYMBOLIC TO
HIS NEW COUNTRY.
>> SO WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF
CHOICE AND P.M. THINGS WHICH I
WOULD LOVE TO SHOW THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
>>Reporter: AFTER TWO MONTHS
OF PAINTING HE'S NOW WORKING
TOWARDS HIS NEXT GOAL. HE
WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT HIS
PAINTINGS. TO PRESIDENT OBAMA.
>> MY DREAM IS TO MEET HIM AND
HAVE HIM PERSONALLY AND IT'S A
BIG DREAM. EVERYONE ELSE TELLS
ME THE DREAM IS KIND OF
IMPOSSIBLE. BUT I THINK IN
THIS COUNTRY EVERYTHING IS
POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHAT I WANT
TO PROVE TO MYSELF.
>>Re
ACTION NEWS LIVE AT NINE..
THE KING OF POP MAY HAVE
PASSED...BUT HE IS ALIVE N L
IN THE HOME OF ONE LOCAL ARTIST.
BUT THE STORY ISN
MICHAEL JACKSON WOULD HAVE
CELEBRATED HIS 51ST BIRTHDAY
TOMORROW, SO WE'RE FORGETTING
ABOUT ALL THE DRAMA -- INSTEAD -
WE'RE TAKING A TRIP BACK IN TIME
TO APPRECIATE ALL THE GREAT MUSC
HE LEFT BEHINDD.
WE'LL ALSO MEET THE LOCAL MAN WO
CREATED ALL THESE PIECES OF ART
INSPIRED BY THE KING OF
POP...BELIEVE IT OR NOT -- THIS
ARTIST HAS HAD ALMOST NO
ARE FOR YOUR FROZEN
YOGURT WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING
THE CALORIES AT BAY.
AND LITTLE TRAINING, BUT HUGE
TALENT.
I TALK TO A LOCAL ARTIST AND HIS
TEACHER ABOUT HOW HE CREATED SOE
AMAZING WORKS
JACKSON SLEEP WERE DISCOVERED,
THERE IS NO INDICATION OF WHAT
THE EMPTY BOTTLES CONTAINED.
AS WE SAID BEFORE, TOMORROW WOUD
HAVE BEEN MICHAEL JACKSON'S 51ST
BIRTHDAY.
A LOCAL MAN WITH A LOVE OF ALL
THINGS MICHAEL HAS AN INTERESTIG
TALENT...AND A NATURAL ABILITY.
I INTERVIEWED HIM EARLIER THIS
WEEK WHEN HE BROUGHT SOME OF HIS
WORK TO OUR STUDIO.
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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
A VERY GIFTED ARTIST WE
INTERVIEWED RIGHT HERE ON LIVE T
NINE A FEW WEEKS AGO BROUGHT US
THIS VERY FLATTERING GIFT EARLIR
THIS MORNING.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, I'M
CASEY SMITH.
AND I'M LISA REMILLARD.
YEAH, THAT PORTRAIT OF THE TWO F
US WAS PAINTED BY ALEX KRASKY.
HE TOOK A PICTURE OF US AFTER HS
INTERVIEW AND ACTUALLY PAINTED
THIS FROM THAT PICTURE - WHICH Y
THE WAY, HE SAID TURNED OUT
BLURY...BUT NONETHELESS, THIS
PAINTING CAME OUT GREAT.
WE WANTED TO THANK ALEX AND SHOW
YOU THIS STUNNING PIECE OF WORK
JUST
FOR US.
CHECK IN NOW FOR WEATHER
FIRST WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE
TSOLINAS.