"Up and Away"

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5" x 5"

Oil painting on hardboard panel

I really focused on injecting a bit more color into this little painting. I've been painting really shadowy brick buildings lately and they are mostly brown/black with grey skies. This one is more uplifting and cheery. Kinda like the weather outside this week! Come on spring!

"Peerless"

4" x 7"

Oil on hardboard

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I love this old building. It sits a stones throw from the Mississippi river in downtown Winona. It's the old Peerless Chain building. The company is still in Winona, but I'm unsure if they use this building anymore. Great shadows cast from an adjacent building at sunset. 

"Winona Auto Parts"

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7" x 8"
Oil on hardboard

Winona, MN

This is in a little alleyway in downtown Winona. I think the Winona Auto Parts sign is an old one because there is another business using this building now. I love how freeing it is to paint reflections in water. No straight edges or rigid structure to depict. It's fun to create the ripples and stark colors in the water. It really dances.

"Blue Trim"

7" x 8"

Oil on hardboard

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Winona, MN

Wow! It had been a while since I painted. And I always seem to go through periods of time where I paint a ton and then there are times where I get busy with life and can't seem to find the time. So hopefully I can go through one of those periods of productivity!

"Wood as in Holly"

8" x 9"

Oil on hardboard

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LaCrosse, Wisconsin

This is a small theater in the historic LaCrosse downtown. Shadowed corner building. Painted markings on the blacktop.

"City Square"

7" x 7"

Oil on hardboard

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LaCrosse, Wisconsin

I ventured down and across the river about 30 miles from Winona for this painting. LaCrosse has a great downtown filled with many buildings just waiting to be painted. I can't wait to get my camera back there to scope out some new paintings.

"Alley"

6" x 9"

Oil on hardboard

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Winona, Minnesota

A daytime repair truck in the alley behind the Winona National Bank in Winona. Downtown. When I was a kid my mom used to take us to this bank and we were able to go look at the stuffed african safari animals on the second floor. I don't remember if we actually banked there or if we just went to see the animals. All of the animals were hunted and brought back by the owner or someone in their family.

"Corner House"

6" x 10"

Oil on hardboard

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Winona, Minnesota

A house on the corner in Winona. This house is just around the block from where I live. I love painting trees: the light coming through the branches and leaves.

"Blue on Blue"

6" x 8"

Oil on hardboard

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Winona, Minnesota

Downtown Winona. A blue vacant building in front of a blue vacant sky. This used to be Ramer's Fish Market. You can still tell where the letter and logo were on the front of the building.

"Bill Angst Auto Service"

5" x 7"

Oil on hardboard

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Winona, Minnesota

This little corner auto service in downtown Winona packs in a half dozen cars and trucks on its lot. It seems like it would only fit two comfortably. A nice orange and yelloy truck with the fall foliage in the background. Bluffs.

"Acoustic Cafe"

5" x 6"

Oil on hardboard

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Winona, Minnesota

Acoustic Cafe at nighttime. A great sandwhich and coffee place in downtown Winona. Great on a sunny day or when it gets darker outside.