Alberta artist Patrick LaMontagne - who's already been praised by the Sheens - received a compliment on his portrait of Chris Hadfield that was truly out of this world.
Hadfield, who is aboard the International Space Station on a five-month stay, was tagged in a mention on Twitter about a portrait of him and he wrote back.
"Thanks Patrick - what skill! (https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/307909938057998336) I wish you could be up here to see and be inspired by what we can see," he said.
Even the Canadian Space Agency wrote to LaMontagne on Twitter (https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/307941513483149313) saying, "Well done! Nice blog entry too!"
LaMontagne painted the portrait to commemorate Hadfield taking over as commander of the ISS on March 13th. In a blog post, he says he was inspired by the images and videos Hadfield has been sharing from space (http://www.cartoonink.com/2013/03/02/chris-hadfield-portrait-here-home/).
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"I feel like a 10 year old kid again, excited about the possibilities," LaMontagne said.
This is not LaMontagne's first brush with popular figures appreciating his work.
He painted a portrait of Martin Sheen last year (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02/01/patrick-lamontagne-emilio-estevez-martin-sheen-painting_n_2601525.html), that Sheen's son Emilio Estevez decided to gift to his father.
A look at other portraits by LaMontagne:
Via: HuffingtonPost