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Red, white, and blue circular hotdog magnets

Hand-painted hotdogs on masonite; acrylic paint, 5.5” diameter.

New hotdog magnets now for sale at I-Like-You-MN

June 7, 2025

New HOTDOG magnets now for sale at I-Like-You-MN in NE Minneapolis AND ST. Paul.
Or purchase online via this link: HOTDOG MAGNETS.

Celebrate the summer in style with some hand-painted magnets for your refrigerator… or any magnetic surface for that matter! Acrylic paint on masonite, 5.5” diameter.

Patriotic red, white, and blue colors are available to represent all types of nations, including…

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Dickies FLEX blue work pants with paint all over them.

Work pants... RIP

March 13, 2025

I tried to keep these work pants as long as I could but the rip in the knees just wouldn’t stop! At a certain point I just start to feel like a degenerate, so I buy new pants and begin the process again. I’ve gone through so much clothing in my lifetime, and I’m sure it isn’t as much as some, but I wonder where it all goes?

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In Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Muralist, Muralpainting, Painting, scenic painting, Sign Painter, sign painting Tags art, artist, pants, work, workpants, paint, painting, painted, painter, artisan, craft, MN, St Paul, Minneapolis, Mpls, twin cities, RIP, rest in peace, jeans, dickies, goodfellows, gray, blue, sloppy, messy, Seamus, Liam, O'Brien, OBrien, seamusliamobrien, textiles, waste, recycle
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Still life painting with bottles, tomatoes, grapes, and a large rubber duck

The collaborative painting by Lucas and Seamus Liam O’Brien

Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues...

March 10, 2025

I purchased a framed print by the artist Lucas from Goodwill Thrift Store (1239 University Ave W) in St Paul, MN. The picture is a still life with bottles, tomatoes, grapes, and garlic. I painted a Ben Franklin rubber duck on the print and returned this ‘new’ artwork back to the same thrift store on 03/02/2025, around 4:52 pm.

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In Fine Art, Minnesota, MN, Painting, rubber duck art Tags art, artist, paint, painting, painted, painter, print, framed print, Lucas, collaborative, rubber duck, rubber ducky, duck, Ben Franklin, still life, still-life, bottles, grapes, tomatoes, garlic, optical illusion, cutting board, table, thrift store, thrift art, goodwill, St Paul, MN, Minneapolis, Mpls, twin cities, Seamus, Liam, O'Brien, seamusliamobrien, OBrien, NE, donate, donation, recycle, thewonderfulworldof
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Completed signage at Pura Vida Elite - Bienvenido a la casa de los cracks!

Completed sign at Pura Vida Elite Training in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

February 19, 2025

Here is the final video of the text. It was hard to capture it all with a still image because it is so big (6’ tall text, 140’ in length). So I opted to just do a quick walk-by instead.
Some of you have asked me why some of the text is painted in, and some is not. This came down to the business aspect of art. I would have done the whole thing, but the owner of the facility had a limited budget, so it was agreed upon early on that I would only outline the text, and then he would go back in and fill in the words himself…

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In Hand painted signage, Lettering, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Muralist, Muralpainting, Painting, Sign Painter, sign painting Tags art, artist, paint, painting, painted, painter, Pura Vide Elite, PV, Pura-Vida-Elite, soccer, training, sign, signage, lettering, font, text, signpainter, signpainting, BIENVENIDO, a la, casa, de los, CRACKS!, welcome to the house of the cracks, Brooklyn Park, MN, Mpls, Minneapolis, twin cities, Seamus, Liam, O'Brien, seamusliamobrien, OBrien, thewonderfulworldof, hand-painted
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The Big Reveal: Final word for the BIG sign painting at Pura Vida Elite Training is...

February 18, 2025

Final day at Pura Vida Elite in Brooklyn Park, MN, is here. The work has been a blast! But all things must come to an end, or in this case, the sentence has to end. So without further ado…

BIENVENIDO A LA CASA DE LOS CRACKS!
(Welcome to the house of the cracks!) in reference to the sound that a soccer ball makes when it is kicked really hard, BOOM - CRACK!!

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In Hand painted signage, Lettering, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Muralist, Muralpainting, Painting, Sign Painter, sign painting Tags art, artist, paint, painting, painter, painted, sign, signage, lettering, font, text, CRACKS, hand-painted, signpainter, signpainting, Pura, Vida, Elite, Training, Pura-Vida-Elite, Brooklyn PArk, MN, Mpls, Minneapolis, Minnesota, soccer, training, futball, espanol, pink, black, time-lapse, Seamus, Liam, O'Brien, seamusliamobrien, OBrien, MeJenga!, twin cities
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Adding a quick DAB for the photo

New Sign Painting Continues at Pura Vida Elite Training - Mpls, MN

February 15, 2025

PART 2:

Some big, BIG sign painting going up at Pura Vida Elite Training, a state-of-the-art indoor soccer training facility accessible to all youth players throughout the Twin Cities, Minnesota.  

'Bienvenido A La Casa...' (Welcome to the house…)
The house of WHAT??? Soon to be revealed amigos, stay tuned!

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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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New duck model for my next thrift store painting

January 11, 2025

It’s almost done; the new thrift store painting is just about complete… I think. In any case, here is the new model, a delectable green rubber duck! Just in time for St. Patricks Day!

I’ll announce when I drop it off at the thrift store. Should be soon, and then on to the next one!

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In Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, rubber duck art, Painting Tags art, artist, paint, painting, paints, duck, rubber duck, toy, bath, rubber ducky, green, st patrick, green duck, thrift store, thrift store art, thrift store painting, acrylic, model, collaboration, thrift art, hide and seek, twin cities, st paul, minneapolis, MN, Minnesota, found art, seamus, Liam, O'Brien, OBrien, seamusliamobrien, clovers
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The words Dirty and Clean painted in black and white on a painted table.

4×5” hand painted sign, acrylic paint on masonite with magnets, 2024

New Dishwasher Magnets For Sale @ I-Like-You-MN →

December 16, 2024

New magnet signs are finished and available to purchase at I-Like-You-MN in Northeast Minneapolis.

CHECK THEM OUT HERE!!

These handy-dandy signs help indicate if the dishes in the dishwasher are still DIRTY... or CLEAN! Always be in the know, never second-guess yourself! Chique design… get yours today!!

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New hotdog magnets now for sale at I-Like-You-MN
New hotdog magnets now for sale at I-Like-You-MN
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Duck prints are now for sale at i-like-you-mn!
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New sign painting - Welcome, Welcome
New sign painting - Welcome, Welcome
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New sign painting - Man-Made Monster
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Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - J.S. Finona
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