"No Name"

8" x 12"

Oil on hardboard

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I love how the tone of this painting turned out. It's a little moody.  This is the third building I've painted of the four corner buildings on the corner of Franklin and 3rd street here in Winona. The "No Name" title comes from one of its residents ~ "Ed's 'No Name' Bar"

I went a little larger than I usually paint. I'm trying to stretch myself a bit...trying not to get stuck in a rut of doing the same thing with every painting. 

"On Franklin"

5" x 5"

Oil on hardboard

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I've been able to carve out more time to paint lately and it's been really rewarding. It's my goal to paint every day for as long as I can. It's something I know has been done so much by folks, but I really see the value in the dedication to painting every day.

This little painting is of a hundred year old brick storefront just down the street from my house. I love the time of day when the sun is low enough to allow other buildings to cast long shadows onto other buildings. It creates excellent little studies to paint.

"Bar at Sunset"

6" x 14 1/4"

Oil on hardboard

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Winona, Minnesota

A bar at sunset in downtown Winona. I came across this brilliantly deep yellow bar at the perfect time of sunset when the shadows from across the street were slicing across its length.

I'm not a car guy. Can anyone identify what make and model that car is? I couldn't venture a guess, but it looked nice.