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

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 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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Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling Robert Duncan
Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling Robert Duncan
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New sign painting on photographs
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I Finished Some New Artwork - OK(?)
I Finished Some New Artwork - OK(?)
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