"Maine artist creates HOPE image decades after LOVE" (He's from my state. woohoo!)

[GreenPartyVoter]

PORTLAND, Maine - The Maine artist who brought LOVE to the world is doing the same with HOPE.

Robert Indiana decades ago created the pop icon LOVE, known worldwide with its letters stacked two to a line, the letter "o" tilted on its side. Now he has created a similar image with HOPE, with proceeds going to Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

A stainless steel sculpture of the image was unveiled this week outside the Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The campaign is selling T-shirts, pins, bumper stickers and other items adorned with HOPE.

Indiana would like to see his latest work become a symbol of newfound hope for Americans, and thinks an Obama presidency could bring just that.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080830/ap_on_re_us/robert_indiana_hope;_ylt=Ao5OqG1kMmOtwg552oiiMUus0NUE

[Gormy Cuss]

1. I didn't know that Robert Indiana was living in Maine!

I did recognize the styling as similar to his famous "Love" piece.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Photo

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[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Phooey.. it works for me, even with half of it not blue :^(

[Kitty Herder]

3. Cool.

I like it.