A Dream Comes True

 It took six months to complete the painting due to extensive research. Some of the companies had gone out of business and others had not archived their early product labels.
Fran contacted these companies and even tracked down elderly employees who may have had some memory of early products. She traveled to several cities, where, with the owner's permission, she scavenged through boarded up sheds and storage areas seeking out original signs used during that period.
Each week, throughout the painting process, representatives from Coca-Cola and Bruno's visited Fran's studio to photograph her progress. These photographs were turned over to the University of Alabama in Birmingham, to make into a video presentation. This video was shown at the unveiling of the painting.