Rosic has dreamed of recreating the Sistine Chapel since age 6. "My friends tell me I have crazy ideas, but I believe everything is possible. I spent a few years looking for the right place."

Jacky Rosic knew his son's passion, but it wasn't until Paco painted a biblical scene on his dad's fence that he was convinced. Still, Jacky and Anna were practical about the big picture. "We first thought of opening just a gallery, but we weren't sure that would pay the bills. We would open a coffee shop, a place for people to stop and enjoy. Then plans changed again to have more art, food and drink and bring business downtown and tourists to see the ceiling."

Workers tore out the original ceiling and replaced it with a gently curved plaster ceiling. At its highest point, it arches 14 feet above the floor and left the artist 2,511 square feet of plaster canvas to paint.

The artist memorized Michelangelo's work. "You know how people read a book? Well, I read art. I read Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, because I needed to see where he started and where he ended. He was telling a story. It is such a difficult job to translate from the Bible to paint, and I had to learn that, learn his style."