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A framed painting of a large green rubber duck with goggles floating in a lake surrounded by mountains and wilderness.

Finished painting by Albert Bierstadt and Seamus Liam O’Brien, 2026.

Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Upcycling Albert Bierstadt

September 28, 2026

I recently purchased a large framed print by the artist Albert Bierstadt at an estate sale in Minneapolis, MN. The reproduction print is a copy of an original painting titled, ‘In the Mountains’ (1867) that is located at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT. I painted a rubber duck wearing a green wetsuit, goggles, and flying red and blue burgees on the print, and this piece was purchased by a couple in Mpls who had read about my rubber duck project in the Star Tribune. Thank you for your support!

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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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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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