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A weekly blog of what's going on in the studio; interests, tastes, and general hullabaloo.

Guy with sunglasses holding a painting of a wolf with a yellow rubber duck on its head in front of a Goodwill Thrift Store.

Artist Seamus Liam O’Brien holding the finished wolf/rubber duck painting in front of Goodwill Thrift Store.

Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling an unknown wolf painting

February 22, 2026

I purchased a painting at a yard sale on the corner of Oxford St and Saint Clair Ave. in St Paul, MN. The painting features a large, gray wolf staring at the viewer from the center/right in front of a shadowy forest. There is no date or artist’s signature on the work.

I painted a rubber duck wearing sunglasses and holding a martini glass on the wolf’s head and donated this “new” artwork to Goodwill Thrift Store…

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In Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Painting, rubber duck art, MN Tags art, artist, paint, painting, painted, painter, rubber duck, ducky, duckey, rubberduck, rubberducky, thrift, thrift store, thriftstore, Goodwill, Roseville, MN, Mpls, minneapolis, minnesota, upcycling, yellow, gray wolf, Twin Cities, hidden treasures, hidden treasure, Seamus, Liam, O'Brien, OBrien, seamusliamobrien, pink sunglasses, pink martini glass, graywolf, grey, thewonderfulworldof, thrifting, thriftart, pink martini, toy
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Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - els

January 21, 2025

I purchased a painting by the artist els (or maybe e/s?) from Hidden Treasures Thrift Store in NE Minneapolis. The landscape painting shows twelve red flowers in a dirt field… or maybe just flowers growing in a garden (it's pretty abstract). I painted a green rubber duck on the painting and returned this 'new' artwork back to the same thrift store on 1/18/25, around 12:56pm…

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In Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Painting, rubber duck art Tags art, artist, paint, painting, painter, painted, duck, rubber duck, ducky, rubber ducky, green duck, thrift store, thrift painting, els, e/s, hidden treasures, thrift art, red flowers, landscape, st patricks day, NE Minneapolis, twin cities, found art, collaboration, Seamus, Liam, O'Brien, seamusliamobrien, OBrien, thewonderfulworldof, MN
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Painting of cows watching a boy and his dog walking in the snow pulling a large, blue, rubber duck.

New collaborative painting by Robert Duncan and Seamus Liam O’Brien

Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Robert Duncan

May 3, 2024

I purchased a framed print by the artist Robert Duncan from GoodWill Thrift Store at 1239 University Ave W, St. Paul, MN. The print, ‘Curious Onlookers,’ shows cows watching a boy as he walks by with his dog in the snow. I painted a rubber duck on the print and returned this ‘new’ artwork back to the same thrift store on 5/01/2024, around 12:30pm….

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In Fine Art, Minnesota, MN, Painting, rubber duck art Tags art, artist, paint, painter, painted, painting, Robert Duncan, Curious Onlookers, cows black white, boy, snow, snowy, dog, walking, framed, frame, thrift store, Goodwill, hidden treasures, snowscape, winter, collaboration, duck, rubber duck, rubber ducky, thrift store art, reuse, Saint Paul, St. Paul, MN, Minnesota, Mpls, Twin Cities, Seamus, Liam, O'Brien, seamusliamobrien, OBrien, blue, blue duck, sleigh, sled, blue rubberduck, rubberduck
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Here's to you work pants... RIP
Here's to you work pants... RIP
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Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling an unknown wolf painting
Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling an unknown wolf painting
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Work pants... RIP
Work pants... RIP
about 3 weeks ago
New sign painting on wood - SINCE
New sign painting on wood - SINCE
about 3 weeks ago
Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling Robert Duncan 'Winter Friends'
Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling Robert Duncan 'Winter Friends'
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