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Albany Artworks Bound for NBC's "Parenthood"

A local painter was surprised recently by a request to use one of her paintings as set dressing on NBC's "Parenthood." The show has since requested six more pieces of her art.

Works by local painter and collage maker  may show up on the next season of NBC's Parenthood, after a deal this week to provide seven pieces of art to the show for set dressing. 

The program, a family drama with quirky, likable characters, ostensibly takes place in the Bay Area and often references local destinations in the script. (Many will recognize one of the show's main characters, Peter Krause, from the popular HBO series, Six Feet Under.)

A coordinator from the show found Adamé online recently and asked about using one of her paintings on Parenthood. Adamé had signed the contract when, on Wednesday, the show asked her for more: two collages and four fine art prints

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Adamé said, given the terms of the contract, NBC is under no obligation to use the artwork, and that the show hasn't offered any insight on where the pieces could appear.

"Seems like a lot to me and maybe they won't use them all, but it's fun to think of all those people seeing my art in person as well as on TV," Adamé wrote in an email to Albany Patch. "Even if it doesn't lead to anything more, I will still get cheap thrills watching the show." 

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Adamé said she hasn't watched the show before, but looks forward to getting to know it, and trying to spot her pieces in the set.

"I have no idea where (they) will be, so I'll have to watch every episode," she said.

Adamé said she's seen her work on television once before, during an interview at the Alameda County courthouse, where she has collages.

"My husband said, 'That's your artwork,'" she said. "There's some thrill about seeing it on television. It's like the big screen."

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