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Pastel drawing of a caucasian child praying

Original print by Erna Kasabach, ‘Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep’, 17.25 x 13.25” framed

Thrift Store Painting Dropped off at Hidden Treasures Thrift Store - 09/27/2025 - Erna Kasabach

September 30, 2025

This summer I purchased a framed print by the artist Erna Kasabach (1906-1989) from Hidden Treasures Thrift Store in NE Minneapolis. The image depicts a young caucasian child kneeling in prayer in front of an illuminated background, gazing upwardly to his left. The phrase ‘Now I lay me down to sleep,’ is written below in a decorative freehand font…

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Portrait painting of a woman in a blue dress

Original painting of a woman in a blue dress by the artist B. Milavsky

Completed - commission for sign painting on a thrift store painting

September 24, 2025

I got a commission recently to paint some text (in a word balloon) on a nifty thrift store painting;
36 x 24” text and design by the patron. The original painting, by B. Milavsky, is a portrait of a woman in a blue dress. It is unclear to me as to who the woman is or what her relationship was to the artist; the piece is not dated. But she kind of reminds me of the actress Amy Adams…

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Thrift Store Painting Dropped off at Hidden Treasures Thrift Store - 09/27/2025 - Erna Kasabach
Thrift Store Painting Dropped off at Hidden Treasures Thrift Store - 09/27/2025 - Erna Kasabach
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Completed - commission for sign painting on a thrift store painting
Completed - commission for sign painting on a thrift store painting
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Thrift Store Painting Dropped off at Hidden Treasures Thrift Store - 09/06/2025
Thrift Store Painting Dropped off at Hidden Treasures Thrift Store - 09/06/2025
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Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Erna Kasabach
Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Erna Kasabach
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