Donald Ross, Peggy Kirk Bell and Payne Stewart will soon grace Broad Street in downtown Southern Pines. Their portraits, carefully painted on the side of a life-size horse sculpture, are part of the 2021 Painted Ponies Art Walk set to begin this coming week.
âItâs been a fun challenge,â said Dan Dreyer who was commissioned by the local Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) for the work titled, appropriately, âHome of American Golf.â When heâs not painting, Dreyer works as a fulltime âdestination storytellerâ and videographer for the CVB, promoting tourism for the area.
âThe transitions are my favorite parts,â said Dreyer, who is in talks with the Design Market on N.C. 5 to open a small studio/gallery space. âI wanted the painting to exist on the horse, not look like it was a painting stuck on the side of it.â
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Today is Saturday, Dec. 26, the 361st day of 2020. There are five days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 26, 2004, more than 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a 100-foot-high tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean.
On this date:
In 1776, British forces suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War.
In 1799, former President George Washington was eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African-American boxer to win the world heavyweight championship as he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia.