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

Framed painting of a yellow rubber duck wearing rabbit ears in front of a lighthouse next to a white angel girl.

Finished artwork by Dona Gelsinger and Seamus Liam O’Brien, 2026

Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling a Dona Gelsinger painting

May 16, 2026

I purchased a framed print by the artist Dona Gelsinger from a thrift store in west St. Paul, MN. The image, rich with religious iconography, features a white angel girl looking up to the sky in prayer in front of an illuminated lighthouse by the shore. Surrounding the angel are two rabbits, a chipmunk, and a colorful array of flowers and trees. I painted a rubber duck wearing blue rabbit ears on the print and donated this ‘new’ artwork to the Goodwill Thrift Store in St. Paul, MN on…

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In Fine Art, Minnesota, Painting, rubber duck art Tags art, artist, paint, painting, painter, painted, thewonderfulworldof, thrift, thriftstore, thriftstoreart, thrift art, rubber duck, duck, ducky, duckey, found object, for sale, hidden treasures, yellow, rabbit ears, bunny ears, print, Dona Gelsinger, religious, iconography, chipmunk, lighthouse, light house, flowers, shrubbery, trees, angel, white girl, white girl angel, collaboration, Seamus Liam O'Brien, seamusliamobrien, O'Brien, upcycling, heaven, A Little Hope, Lights The Way, framed print, St Paul, West St Paul, goodwill, Mpls, Minneapolis, Twin Cities, donate, donation
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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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