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(BBC Newsline 6.30 - 21/01/2009 / Reporter: Maggie Taggart) Two local artists take up their brushes to preserve the moment President Obama was sworn in.
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The world of politics and art combine in this story of two local artists who used the incoming President Obama as a model for their paintings. The new president's face is now a firm fixture in world news, but in this clip we learn how he has already begun to impact on artistic expression.

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