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Ron McOwen gets a little speed in his wheelchair while laying paint down on the mural with his chair wheels at the Independent Living Center of Kern County with two other buddies.
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Art mentor Nicole Saint-John and Josephine O'Meara selected several colors to start the mural with at the Independent Living Center.
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Brian Rathfelder gets in some laughs during the mural painting project.
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Ron McOwen, left, and Charlie Alvary work as a team while painting the mural with their wheels.
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Brian Rathfelder spreads the green paint on his wheels before applying it to the mural Thursday at the Independent Living Center of Kern County. It's called Art Wheel It.
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Brian Rathfelder mixes two colors to get this bright color to be used on the mural.
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Ron McOwen, retired Navy veteran and Rolling Chariot member pours some paint onto the canvas at the Independent Living Center of Kern County.
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Ron McOwen tosses Charlie Alvary a bottle of paint as they almost finish the mural with their Art Wheel It talents in their wheelchairs.
Casey Christie / The Californian
Ron McOwen gets a little speed in his wheelchair while laying paint down on the mural with his chair wheels at the Independent Living Center of Kern County with two other buddies.
Casey Christie / The Californian
Ron McOwen gets a little speed in his wheelchair while laying paint down on the mural with his chair wheels at the Independent Living Center of Kern County with two other buddies.
Casey Christie / The Californian
Ron McOwen gets a little speed in his wheelchair while laying paint down on the mural with his chair wheels at the Independent Living Center of Kern County with two other buddies.
See photo in original gallery.