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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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Framed print of two loon birds nesting by a lake on a foggy morning

Original framed print by Marian Anderson - “Voice of the Lakes - Loons”

Thrift Store Painting Dropped off at Hidden Treasures Thrift Store - 09/06/2025

September 10, 2025

In the spring of 2025 a woman in Minneapolis, MN gave me a framed print as a donation for my rubber duck series. The print, by the artist Marian Anderson, is titled “Voice of the Lakes - Loons,” and it depicts two Loon birds nesting near a body of water on a foggy morning. I painted a vampire-themed rubber duck on the print (have you ever heard the call of a Loon? It’s scary…) and returned this ‘new’ artwork to Hidden Treasures Thrift Store on 09/06/2025, around 6:50 pm.

A successful collaboration!
Thank you Marian for your contribution to the work! 

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Framed painting of a small child praying with a yellow rubber duck on his head.

“Now I lay me down to sleep with a rubber duck.” Painting by Erna Kasabach and Seamus Liam O’Brien. 2025

Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Erna Kasabach

September 5, 2025

I purchased a framed print by the artist Erna Kasabach from Hidden Treasures Thrift Store in NE Minneapolis. “Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep.” 17.25 x 13.25”. The image depicts a small child looking up to the top right corner of the picture and praying. Originally priced: $6.00.

I painted a yellow rubber duck reading a blue book on the boy’s head, and I will return this new artwork back to the same thrift store… probably by mid-September. I’ll announce the drop off…

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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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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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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
about a month ago
Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Marian Anderson
Thrift Store Painting Collaboration Continues - Marian Anderson
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