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Hope is located at 2517 Avenue H
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Hope is an interpretation of Pompeo Coppini's "Victims of the Galveston Flood" sculpture that was originally was commissioned by Galveston City Leaders and later turned down and deemed too emotional. The Sculpture traveled to the St. Louis World's Fair and was sent back to Austin where it was locked away until 1918, put on display once more and then lost forever.
Doug McLean took on the challenge of recreating the sculpture and bring it to Galveston where it has been cast in Bronze and is now on display behind city hall.
Doug McLean has a degree in Fine Arts he was fortunate to attend the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine.
His first creative challenge in Galveston was serving as the blacksmith during the restoration of the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa where he hand forged hundreds of the ships fittings and became an active crew member. To this day he feels his introduction to Galveston before the revitalization of The Strand Historic District put him in the right place at the right time.
Doug has been a long time resident of Galveston, Texas and has completed and erected a statue titled "Hope" inspired by famous artist Pompeo Coppini's infamously lost sculpture "Victim's of the Galveston Flood."
Doug discusses the calling he felt to undertake this daunting pr