ORU Faculty Member In Running To Be Vincent van Gogh

Anybody ever tell you that you look like someone famous? Well, it happens all the time to ORU faculty member David Farnsworth.

A lot of people tell him he looks like Vincent van Gogh, and that could earn him a bit of immortality.

A Canadian artist is doing a series of sculptures of famous redhead and van Gogh is the first. An online contest at iamvincent.com is looking for look-a-likes.

A former student thought he was a dead ringer, which is really nothing new.

"There'll be a few days weeks go by when I don't hear it at all; then, all of a sudden, I'll hear three or four times, 'You know, you really remind me of...'...I often finish it 'cause. I know what they're gonna say," he said.

So he sent in a picture to the contest site a couple of months ago and he's risen to 13th among the thousand or so entries.

"I've been as high as 6th," Farnsworth said.

He's got some stiff competition - there are entries from all over Europe and North America.

Some friends have created a fan page with a side-by-side with one of van Gogh's self-portraits, encouraging folks to vote for David. It's pretty startling, and the artist has asked him for more pictures.

Farnsworth said, "What I understand is by the 20th of August he will make a decision."

The winner will become the face of the new van Gogh sculpture.

Farnsworth needs your votes and time is getting short. You can vote and follow the contest here.