Temperance River Secret Spot

Untempered 11x14 oil unframed $150

 You never know what's going to happen when you go out to paint. Allison E. shared a once secret spot of locals to swimming on the Temperance River. Then while painting I got to know the mother of Allison, ( a different one) the daughter teaches Irish Dance where my grandniece goes and her daughter will be her teacher this fall. anyway the end result of my painting is nothing like I  originally started out with.

I wasn't happy with where it was going but had the basic composition. That's when I pulled out the palette knife. What could go wrong with a painting I didn't like and a lot of paint on my palette. I reviewed once back in the studio and added a few more strokes and came up with this wildly abstract version.

 

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Lake Superior Blues

Grand Marais Harbor Day 11x24 oil on cradled panel $350

 A chance to paint different waters. Lake Superior along the North Shore of Minnesota.

Harbor park gave me a view of sail boats waiting for their captains. Almost finished as a plein air on site but the boats moored kept shifting and so I needed a little time in the studio to add the last details.

 

Sky Scape 8x10 oil unframed $75

 First day at Sugarloaf and thought I'd capture the colors in the evening sky.

 

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Catching Up on Grand Marais

I've been back in my studio looking at my paintings from the time I spent at Sugarloaf, creating Plein Air.

There's a couple of paintings I think are complete enough, so I have let them remained as is, one of those I've selected to enter into the open class competition for Plein Air Grand Marais. I'm excited to have my artist friend Linda transport it back to the North Shore during the event. Now to let it dry, maybe varnish and of course frame up. I'll post an image in the weeks to come.

Two other paintings I'm still contemplating whether I should put them back on my easel. Time will tell and that's an important step. Stepping back and looking at it with fresh eyes before making adjustments.So they wait.

In the case of the rest I've gone in with paint and brush. Here's the resulting paintings. Started as plein air but finished in the studio.

 

High Falls Overlook 11x14 oil unframed SOLD

Along the Cabins 11x14 oil unframed $150

  

Sugarloaf Cove 11x14 oil unframed $150

 

When I still had paint on the palette I took out some small 4x6 panels and put it to good use.

Daisies 4x6 oil cradled panel $50

 

Tomato 4x6 oil cradled panel $50

Fireweed 4x6 oil cradle panel $50

 

Harbor Walk 4x6 oil cradled panel $50

 

 

 

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Join Me Sat. Sept 6

 Artist Reception for Colleen Shore –Sat, Sept 6 from 9am-Noon at The Station in Trempealeau

Think of Others 11x14 oil on cradled panel $275

View my collection of Feathered Friends and More. A series of original oil paintings depicting messages birds might want to give us. Birders and Bird Fans will enjoy the variety of ways birds are portrayed and the impact on our lives.

During the reception I'll be demonstrating painting on site, outside plein air if weather permits, inside from a photo if it rains. Also I'll have dozens of unframed paintings of local interest available to purchase during the reception. Oil paintings featuring Trempealeau areas and from La Crosse to  Winona.

Stop by The Station, Saturday morning and enjoy a cup of coffee before a  hike or treat yourself to  some ice cream after you errands while checking out the display and  there will be live music.



You can see my collection of original paintings featuring Feathered Friends and More at The Station in Historic Downtown Trempealeau, at 11369 Main Street til the end of September 2025. The Station is open-Mornings except Wednesdays.

Questions cshoreartwork@gmail.com and more information at cshoreartwork.blogspot.com
 

more paintings on display

 

 Eight Paintings in oil, cold wax and collage. Cradled Panels 11x14, with finished edges in various colors, no need to frame this modern look

Escape to Wisconsin 11x14 $275

 

Eviction Notice 11x14 $275

Do These Feathers Make Me Look Fat 11x14 $275

Messages 11x14 $275

Color of Red 11x14 $275

Where's Aldo, I'm Back! 11x14 $275

Gone Fishing 11x14 $275

While out birding you're most likely to run into other birders. 

The following two paintings are from La Crosse and Winona respective birding groups.

Already framed original oil paintings for $150

Marsh March 8x10 framed $150

On the Hunt 8x10 framed $150

and More... A selection of unframed 8x10 original oil paintings. A common size for ready made frames. Remember no glass or matting needed. Subject matter birds found in the most unusual places. County fairs, National Eagle Center, Farms, Rehabilitation Center and as models for sculptures.

Golden Beak 8x10 unframed $75

Bald Beak 8x10 unframed $75

Call of the Wild 8x10 unframed $75

Soaring Over Riverside 8x10 unframed $75

Bird of Prey 8x10 unframed $75

Saturday Night 8x10 unframed $75

Morning Stretch 8x10 unframed $75

These paintings are available for purchase through The Station in Trempealeau. Thank you for viewing. Colleen Shore cshoreartwork@gmail.com

Up On the North Shore-Grand Marais

 Excited to show you the results of my paintings from an excursion to the shores of Lake Superior. This past week I joined other artists from Outdoor Painters of Minnesota at Sugarloaf Cabins to capture the beautiful waterfalls, rocks, waves and harbors from Schroeder all the way to Grand Portage. 

 

I did over 10 paintings  and not need to access them. Which one I might enter in the open class at Plein Air Grand Marais in September and which ones should I work on more in the studio. 

Just a note to the people that were interested to see the results of my paintings at Harbor Park in Grand Marais, please email me at cshoreartwork@gmail.com for a first looks of the results. On the schedule first to evaluate is the Waterfall at Grand Portage State Park and I've already responded to you via email.

 

Disruptive Influence 9x12 unframed oil $100

I was taken by the vibrant pinks of Fireweed, a native plant that is prevalent along the Hwy 61 roadside. It naturally loves the disturbed soils and takes advantage quickly growing like a weed. Instead of pulling over on the highway to paint and risking my life, I was happy to find a lovely cluster right in Harbor Park.

I'll be sharing more in my upcoming blogs.

Thanks for viewing Colleen

Questions cshoreartwork@gmail.com 

Grand Marais inspired paintings from 2024

Fish Market Parking Only 8x10 oil unframed $75

 Old and weathered but fortunately not forgotten. These buildings of fishing history, along the shore of Lake Superior, captured with my camera and interpreted in the studio. The dull grays with pops of orange and yellow were my inspiration.

Another Day Ashore 8x10 oil unframed $75

Waiting to Launch 8x10 oil unframed $75

The sunrise, enhanced by the particles in the air from the wildfires in Canada. It only lasted maybe 30 minutes. I had to get up before the sun rose and get my palette ready. A quick paint and it was all over.

Sunrise at Sugarloaf I  8x10 oil unframed $75

I attempted the sunrise again, this time on a larger panel that was very slick. Always trying different surfaces for different effects.

Sunrise at Sugarloaf II 11x14 oil on cradled panel $350

Another larger painting on a slick surface. Not much control for detail but sometimes that's what its all about.

Taconite Harbor 11x14 oil on cradled panel $350

Waterfalls were everywhere. 

Temperance River Falls 8x10 oil unframed $75

Painting during Drawn Together

This week during our Wednesday morning Drawing Together Group I decided to paint. One of my favorite subjects the boat houses by Copeland Park, but this time on the other side of the bank.

Even with the smoke hazed skies I found a little blue in the sky and lots of interesting lines to paint.

My beginning efforts are a lot like drawing as I set the composition and eventually fill in with color. Most was done plein air but I did finish up in the studio, making some adjustments and artistic  choices.

 

Clinton Boat Houses 11x14 oil unframed SOLD

 

In the beginning

I'll be at Moon Tunes tonight for the Irish music but I won't be painting. Bringing along the sketchbook instead.

 

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Put it on your calendar, it's a great spectator sport too.

 

The Color Red

 You can see my collection of original paintings featuring Feathered Friends and More at The Station in Historic Downtown Trempealeau, at 11369 Main Street til the end of September 2025.

 

Feathered Friends and More is about-

Messages birds might want to give us, to celebrating the seasonal migration of warblers.  Birders and Bird fans will enjoy the variety of   ways birds are portrayed and their impact on our lives.

 

The Color Red 11x14 oil on cradled panel $275

Get Real, No Red Dye No. 2

 

When we try to replicate what we think nature needs we often impose our own misconceptions.

 

Please remember you should not dye your hummingbird food red. Its not needed and can be harmful.

 

Having  a red container or a decoration in red is enough to catch their eye.

 

Also use real sugar, no substitutes for hummingbirds.

 

This painting is available to purchase at The Station- Sunday, Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-Noon and until 2pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Closed Wednesdays.

 

Questions cshoreartwork@gmail.com

 

 

 

A Quick Quick Paint at Pump House

An invitation to paint and I'll be there. The Eastbank Artists held a quick paint at the Pump House for their monthly meeting. It was a real quick quick paint from 5:30-6:45. It was hot out so that's about all I could take in the heat and a plus we didn't have to have it framed for the presentation.

 I forgot my  Brown paint so wasn't able to create some of the darks in the original painting. So back to the studio the next day to give it the deeper shadows some depth.Hope you like the final result.

Art Library 8x10 oil $75

Quick Paint Plein Air before studio work

Thanks Eastbank Artists and the Pump House for the  invitation.

 

Colleen Shore

cshoreartwork.@gmail.com

 

I'll be getting out to do some more plein air this week-

Sunday at Music at Halfway Creek in Holmen from 5-7 and during

Thursday at Moon Tunes in La Crosses Riverside Park from5:30-8ish

for Irish Music 

 

All signed up for the local plein air event. Put it on your calendar, it's a great spectator sport too.

 

Collection of Oil Paintings featuring La Crosse Area by CShore as of August 1, 2025

 Updating my Collections, featuring my original oil paintings. Here's the third of four. One more to follow in September of Far Away Places. Its amazing to look back and see what I've done over the past 6 years.

Since spring of 2019, I began painting with oils with the goal of working en plein air. Creating these paintings took lots of practice and experimentation in the studio from photos, still lives and sometimes venturing outside. I now have a body of work to display as a collection of my efforts. The journey has led me to painting pets, animals and even a few self portraits, plus nature and local and regional landscapes. I hope you enjoy and I'm always happy to answer any questions about purchases or commissions.

I add to my blog site as I create new works and then up date collections for easier viewing.

Thanks Colleen Shore  

Check out my other postings about

Collections of Oil Paintings featuring Trempealeau, Buffalo and Winona Counties updated July of 2025

Collection of Oil Paintings featuring Faces of People, Pets,and Animals , updated June 2025

Collection of Oil Paintings featuring Florals, Far Away Places and Still Lives, coming in Sept 2025

Thanks Colleen Shore

 

La Crosse, WI Areas-Riverside, Downtown and Northside, La Crosse River Marsh-Goose Island and French Island

a beautiful place along the Mississippi River, La Crosse River and the Black River. You could say I grew up here, arriving to go the University and choosing to make it my lifelong home. Lots to see and explore, enjoy. It just keeps getting better.

 Riverside Park and Gardens

Place of Peace 8x10

Watching the Water 8x10

River Walk 11x14

Morning at the River 8x10 

Tuning In to the River 8x10 

 

Up River Ride 8x10 

Big Wheels 8x10 

Evening at Moon Tunes 8x10 

Moon Tunes 8x10

 

Three's A Crowd 8x10 oil 

Soaring Over Riverside 8x10

Dragon's Greeting 8x10

Down and Under 8x10

Up and Over 8x10

Riverside Garden 8x10

River Guards 8x10

River Birches in the Garden 8x10

Path to Pergola 8x10

Seeing Double 8x10 

Gardens in the Rain 8x10

Riverside Park 8x10

La Crosse's Riverside 8x10

La Crosse Waterfront 8x10

Down by the River 8x10

 

 

 

Ready for the Music 8x10 

River Walk 8x10 oil

On the Levee 8x10 

Moon Tunes Treats 8x10 

Pettibone's Gazebo 8x10

                        La Crosse River Marsh and Myrick Park

Red Cloud View 8x10

Grand Crossing Bluffs 8x10

Marsh Madness 8x10

Garden Golds 6x8 oil

Egret Colony 6x8

Myrick in May 8x10

Grand Dads Blessing 8x10

Natures Classroom 6x8 oil

Bluff Marsh Patterns 8x10

Miller Bluff Overlook 8x10

Scarlet Creeper 8x10

Crossing into the Marsh 8x10

Foggy Fall Greetings 8x10

Golden Path 8x10

Wetland Illumination 11x14 , inspired from photo by John F. Sullivan

Myrick Park Gardens 11x14

Zoo Remnants 8x10

Morning on the Marsh 8x10

Hazy River Daze 8x10

La Crosse Marsh 8x10

Wetland Tribute 8x10

Landscape Interrupted 8x10

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Swamp Blooms 5x7

Soaking Up the Beauty 8x10

Traversing Interests 8x10

Downtown and Northside of La Crosse 

St. Rose 8x10 

Patina of the Past 11x14

 

City Pink in the Alley 11x14

Backyard in the City 8x10

La Crosse Art Club at Burns Park 8x10

Copeland Neighbors 8x10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black River Beach 8x10

Go Badgers 8x10 

Fall on the River 8x10

Copeland Boat Houses 11x14

Black River Bridge 5x7

Alley Reflections 8x10

Pearl Street 8x10

Corner on Main 8x10

Street Cafe 8x10

Alley Secrets 8x10

Backyard Parking 8x10

Brick Alley 8x10

Downtown La Crosse 8x10

Retired Wheels 11x14 

Gideon's Grand Entry 8x10 

Hixon Garden Roses 8x10 

Sliding to Unsheltered 11x14 oil

EastBank One Hour 8x10

French Island 

Kayak Traveler 8x10 

Purple Among the Sails 8x10 oil

Where Blues Collide 8x10

French Island Retreat 8x10

 

Launch at Breezy Point 8x10

Petals on the Backwaters 8x10

                                         

                                           Goose Island

Goose Island Retreat 8x10 

Thinking Spring Goose Island 8x10

Goose Island Bluffs 8x10

Southern Exposure 8x10

Goose Island Backwaters 8x10

Around La Crosse

Yellow from Grandads 8x10

 

Forgotten Fields 11x14

St. Kateri 8x10

Memorial 8x10

Chapel 8x10

Backyard Sanctuary 8x10

Onalaska and Brice Prairie, WI

The city just north of La Crosse, with beautiful views overlooking Lake Onalaska down to Brice Prairie along it's shores. Including my favorite hangout for music, food and atmosphere The Red Pines Restaurant and Cafe.

Keep the Fire Burning 8x10

 

Grandma and Tames 5x7 oil

Tim's Walleye 5x7

Jill's Happy Place 5x7

Taylor Compound 5x7

Golden Moments 8x10

 

December Nibbles 8x10 

Derby Day 8x10

Never Too Cold 8x10

 

Brice's Excursion 8x10

Blue River 8x10

                                            Red Pines

 

Red Vines at the Pines 11x14

Golden Evening at Red Pines 8x10 

Deck Sunset at Red Pines 8x10 

 

Another Day on the Lake 8x10 

Hot Times at Red Pines 8x10 

Yellow Lake Sunset 8x10 

Red Pines Cafe 8x10

Pink Lake Sunset 8x10 

Warm Blankets 8x10

Morning at the Cafe 8x10

 

Across the Pines 8x10 

Beautiful Day 8x10 

Under the Pines 8x10 oil

Back in the Day 8x10 

Dare Devils 8x10 

Still Frozen 8x10

Pier's End 8x10

La Crosse River State Trail 8x10

Bountiful Atmosphere 5x7

Onalaska Overlook 8x10

Road to Spillway 8x10

In A Haze 8x10      photo credit Debera Uy

Star of the Evening 8x10

Spring has Arrived 8x10

Prairie Winter Camp 8x10

Shine on Schilling 8x10

Sunday Market Onalaska 8x10

Overlooking Clouds 8x10

Crossing Guard 8x10

Down by the Rail Yard 8x10

Spillway 8x10

Downtown Landing 8x10

Sunny the Sunfish 8x10

Pining for a Picnic 8x10

Retreat on the River 8x10

Frost in Apple Valley 8x10

Schilling Stables 8x10

Prairie Abode 8x10

 

Neighboring Maples 8x10

Swan Family Search 8x10

Burr Oaks Return 8x10

 

Brice Prairie Walkway 5x7

Spring Returns 8x10

 Holmen -my local community, small village and the area around .

McGilvray Trail 

Spanning Years 8x10

Creek Crossing 8x10

Along the Way 8x10

Single Passage 8x10

Arneson Gift 8x10

Mc Gilvray Welcome 8x10

Ye Old Tree 8x10

Land of Milk &... 5x7

Elder Acres Farmstead 8x10

Halfway Creek Park 8x10

To the Market 5x7

Grasslands 5x7

 

Holland Prairie Remnant 11x14

Still Strutting 8x10

 

608 Hangout 8x10

Bags to the Left 8x10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bags to the Right 8x10

Bocce Time of Day 8x10

Holmen Meating  Place 8x10

Half way Creek Groupies 8x10

 

Off to the Races 8x10

Mac Cheesy Trophy 8x10

Music on the Mound 8x10 

 

Shepherds Path 8x10

 

Girls United 8x10

 

Home Away 5x7

 

Halfway Creek Resting Spot 8x10

 

Old New Amsterdam 8x10

Drugan's Castle Mound

After spending lots of time on the local links, I was inspired to try a series of paintings. Always happy to get a great shot one way or the other.

The Course Home 8x10

Lovely Water Hazard-Drugans 8x10

Bunker on the Back Nine-8x10 

 

Barn 1 Drugans 8x10

Barn 2-Drugans -8x10

 

Barn 3-Drugans 8x10

 

Barn 4-Drugans 8x10

 

Barn 5-Drugans 8x10

 

Barn 6-Drugans 8x10

Par Gardens-8x10 

 

Almost Home 8th Hole 8x10

 

 West Salem

Exploring West Salem and all it has to offer has been on my list of things to do. The first attraction is the La Crosse County Fair. This painting I did last year, Love going to see the animals up close. We hung around for the Rooster Crowing Contest. What a hoot.

Call of the Wild 8x10 

Salem Dam 11x14 

South Park 8x10

Thanks for viewing

Questions welcome cshoreartwork@gmail.com

About Commissions

Always a pleasure to capture the memories of peoples pets or places. Commissions accepted, from customer photos done in my studio. 

If you're interested in commissioning an oil painting. Here are the details.

Pricing starts at $50 for a 5x7 (unframed)-small but ok for head shots, $75 for an 8x10 (unframed)- great for a single figure. $150 for an 11x14 (unframed). For each additional figure in the portrait add another $50. 

 

Shipping is extra (if needed) and generally runs, $8-$20 dollars in the U.S. depending on the location. These are common sizes allowing you to purchase ready made frames. Keep in mind no glass or matting needed for an oil painting.

Please allow 4-8 weeks to complete.

                 

The process includes the time to confer back and forth plus the time to dry. I work from your photograph, keep in mind photos that show a clear face and eyes, plus represent the colors. 

 

Contact me at cshoreartwork@gmail.com