Last Days of Color in the Refuge

Color Along the Trail 8x10 oil unframed $75

 As I'm now beginning to paint for 2026 shows I chose this one from my fall photos at the Trempealeau Refuge. I'm looking forward to their annual Artists Along the Trails in early June and all the festivities that got with it at Elmaro.

 

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Blown Away by the Colors

Last Days of Fall 11x14 oil unframed  $150

 All the leaves are gone and the sky is gray Sound familiar. We've passed the peak and I did my best to get out and capture the foliage colors.

I love going out to the Apple Blossom overlook on the fall for the extraordinary view and the golden colors. An annual pilgrimage spent this years with Karen  my traveling friend from Arkansas. The stop in La Crescent didn't disappoint and finally completed the above painting. I hope you enjoyed the colors. My maple tree is now bare as this weekends weather has blown them all off.  

My Driveway Sunday morning

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Now Available at Kinstone

Chapel Musician 8x10 oil framed $95

Hers's a few of my paintings featuring Kinstone in their gift shop. Original oil paintings framed up, perfect for gift giving.

Selection of Kinstone inspired oil paintings only $95.

 

Kinstone is one of my favorite places to paint on site. I always enjoy the spring and fall open houses to paint and meet those that make their way through the megalithic gardens. 

They are still open for the next couple of weeks and will be open for winter celebrations.

Check this 30 acre megalithic gardens on the bluff above Fountain City. 

www.kinstonecircle.com for more information 

 

Kinstone Kitchen 8x10 oil framed $95

Kinstone Cabin 8x10 oil framed $95

Got Goats 8x10 oil framed $95

Next Round 8x10 oil framed $95

Learning the Way 8x10 oil framed $95

Spring on the Way 8x10 oil framed $95

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Times they are a Changing

Times Changing 11x14 oil and cold wax on cradled panel $395 

October is over and what a month it was. From the Between the Bluffs plein air competition and my year long reveal of my artistic thoughts about Agritourism at Elmaro. It's taken a week to sort out my studio and focus on what's to come.

 The above painting was done in the studio featuring the overlook in Onalaska on Highway 35. I'm eager to get back in the studio and experiment with cold wax. I'll begin working on two shows for 2026 and cold wax will dominate for my show at the Blue Heron Coffee House in Winona in August and September. Still deliberating on the title. I'm sure it will come to me as I find my inspiration.

I've also been invited back to Elmaro for a show in October of 2026. Sharing the spotlight with fellow painter Ellen Mc Donah as we capture river scenes in the area. We both enjoy getting out and plein air painting so this years goal will include painting outside in all the seasons to celebrate our rivers.

 

Hope you enjoyed the fall colors, I now have a boat load of images to get me through the winter.

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Family Time , Holidays and Beyond

 Here's a commission from this summer. Enjoyed capturing a family moment for a gift.

Yes, I do commissions from your photograph. Pets to figures and favorite landscapes.

Due to the timing I am now closed fro taking on anymore commissions for the Christmas gift giving. It can take 6 weeks from start to drying time with oils.

 

A Day on the Dock 8x10 oil

 

I am accepting commissions for Valentines Day. I know it may seem early, like those Halloween decorations after Labor Day in the stores. My cut off will be January 1st if you are interested email me at cshoreartwork@gmail.com

Thank you, Elmaro, Ecker, Poggio plus family and friends

Thanks everyone for stopping by and seeing my show From Tuscany to Trempealeau during October at Elmaro.

 

Thanks Elmaro for hosting me, Ecker's Apple Farm for the delicious Honey Crisp Apples, Pamela at Poggio Etrusco for sharing her Olive Oil Cake Recipe and especially my family  and friend/ travel buddy for joining me at my reception to help me relive the adventure to Italy. 

 

Gold from Tuscany-thanks Karen 

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Apples, Olives and Wine on Sunday, Oct. 26 from 1-4 at my Art Reception-Elmaro

 

 

 

 

Enjoy a taste of Honey Crisp Apples

 at my reception on Sunday

Thanks to Eckers Apple Farm in  Trempealeau

 

I will also be making some Olive Oil Cake, a recipe from Pamela Sheldon Johns cookbook. A favorite of mine while learning to cook at Poggio Etrusco in Tuscany. I'll have the recipe to share, pick up when you stop by my reception on Sunday, October 26 from 1-4. 

 

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Urban Sketchers Bluff Country at Elmaro

Fall colors inspire artist.

Urban Sketchers Bluff Country had another opportunity to sketch outside. Those that donned their winter apparel enjoyed sketching on the patio at Elmaro Vineyard in Trempealeau, while other enjoyed the creating at tables in the Crush Pad.

 After sharing their drawings they enjoyed some wine while checking out my show From Tuscany to Trempealeau.

  Please join me at my reception on Sunday, Oct 26 from 1-4. The show is up through Oct. 30. 

 

I have over 150 unframed original oil paintings available for purchase as well featuring local subject matter from Winona to La Crosse.

 

 

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Unique-One of a Kind Gifts-Original Oil Paintings. As low as $50

 Lots of Unframed Original Oil Paintings starting at $50 and up. 

 

Locally Inspired Artwork 

Here's my Selection of unframed original oil paintings currently for sale.Prices for 8x10 or smaller are $50-$75, 11x14 are $125-$150. Questions cshoreartwork@gmail.com

Shipping Available- Roughly $10-$20 in the US contiguous states.  

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.

Grandads Overlook 8x10 oil unframed $75

                                             Riverside Park and Gardens

Art Library 8x10 unframed $75

Morning at the River 8x10 unframed $75

Up River Ride 8x10 unframed $75

Evening at Moon Tunes 8x10 unframed $75

Moon Tunes 8x10 unframed $50

 

Let the Sunshine 8x10 oil unframed $75

Three's A Crowd 8x10 oil unframed $75

Soaring Over Riverside 8x10 unframed $75

Gardens in the Rain 8x10unframed $75

On the Levee 8x10 unframed $75

Moon Tunes Treats 8x10 unframed $75

                        Downtown and Northside of La Crosse 

Patina of the Past 11x14 unframed $150

 

City Pink in the Alley 11x14 unframed $150

Backyard in the City 8x10 unframed $50

Go Badgers 8x10 unframed $50

Retired Wheels 11x14 unframed $150

 

 

 

 

 

Chalk Walk 3 8x10 unframed $75

Strolling Moments with Friends 8x10 unframed $50

                                

Mani the Alebrije 8x10 oil  unframed $50

                      Goose Island

Thinking Spring Goose Island 8x10 unframed $50

Around La Crosse

More Snow Mt. La Crosse 8x10 unframed $50

Forgotten Fields 11x14 unframed $150

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.

 

Evening Fire Begins 8x10 unframed $75

Golden Moments 8x10 unframed $75

 

Across the Pines 8x10 unframed $50

Dash Park Gathering 11x14unframed $125

Sunny Days 8x10 unframed $50

Derby Day 8x10 unframed $50

                            

 

Red Vines at the Pines 11x14 unframed $150

Sunday Market Onalaska 8x10 unframed $50

Overlooking Clouds 8x10 unframed $50

                                             Holmen 

Elder Acres Farmstead 8x10 unframed $50

Lucky Day in Holmen unframed $75

Sharing the Music 8x10 unframed $75

Kornfest 8x10 unframed $75

Bridge Over Waters 8x10 unframed $75

608 Hangout 8x10 unframed $75

Bocce Time of Day 8x10 unframed $75

Half way Creek Groupies 8x10 unframed $75

 

Off to the Races 8x10 unframed $75

Music on the Mound 8x10 unframed $75

Family Tunes 8x10 unframed $75

Halfway Creek Park 8x10 unframed $75

Drugan's Castle Mound

   

Lovely Water Hazard-Drugans 8x10 unframed $50

Bunker on the Back Nine-8x10 unframed $50

                  West Salem

Call of the Wild 8x10  unframed $75

South Park 8x10 unframed $50

Trempealeau to Galesville, WI 

The Station 8x10 unframed $75

The View Behind 8x10 unframed $75

Chasing Clouds 8x10 unframed $75

Blue Spires of Lupines 11x14 unframed $150

 

Spring has Arrived in the the Refuge 11x14 unframed $150

Lower Refuge 11x14 unframed $125

On the Way to Spring 1 8x10 unframed $75

On the Way to Spring 2 8x10 unframed $75

On the Way to Spring 3 8x10 unframed $75

Winter's Barren Beauty 1 8x10 unframed $75

    

Trempealeau Passage 8x10 unframed $50 

 

Pine Creek Waterway 8x10 unframed $50

 

Rolling Grasses of the Refuge 8x10 unframed $50

Father to the Rescue 8x10 unframed $50

 

 

 

 

Prairie Path 8x10 unframed $50

Bay Vista 8x10 unframed $50

Morning Stretch 8x10 unframed $75

Blue From the Bluff 8x10 unframed $50

 

Village of Trempealeau and Countryside

Across the Fields 8x10 unframed $75

Ice Formations 8x10 unframed $75

Rows and Rows 11x14  unframed $150

Drive Home 11x14  unframed $150                        Galesville Garden at Arnolds 8x10 unframed $75 Climbing Trees 8x10 unframed $50 Evening at Old Main 8x10 unframed $75 123 Boom 8x10 unframed $50 Arnold's View 8x10 unframed $50       Minnesota Winona to  La Crescent   Sweet Sugar 6x8 unframed $50 Below the Loaf 6x8 unframed $50 Trail Connections 8x10 unframed $50 Around Wisconsin,  Minnesota and Iowa             Leopold Nest 11x14 unframed $125 Boondoggle Resort 8x10 unframed $50             Ishnala Beach 8x10 unframed $50 Gathering of the Falls 8x10 unframed $50 Washburn Remnants Part 2 8x10 unframed $50 Waking Geese 8x10 unframed $50   Coreopsis in the Park 8x10 unframed $50 Yellow Casts 8x10 unframed $50 Bridge 1 8x10 unframed $50 River's Edge 8x10 unframed $50  Far Away Places  More landscapes from my travels and others    San Diego, California   Mission Bay Morning 8x10 unframed $75                                          Mission Bay Harbor 8x10 unframed $75 Beach Walk at Torrey Pines 8x10 unframed $75 Torrey Pines State Park 8x10 unframed $75 Beach Day on Coronado Island 8x10 unframed $75 Grayton Beach, Florida Path to the Beach 11x14 unframed $125 Coastal Dune Lake 8x10 unframed $50 Panama Canal Cruise and Ports Hualtico Bay 8x10 unframed $50 South West, California and Mexico On the Edge with Lines 8x10 unframed $75 New Mexico Landscape 8x10  unframed $50 Saguaro Park Shelter 8x10 unframed $50  Other places Belize Savannah 8x10unframed $50 Night Lights, Tybee Island GA 8x10 unframed $125 Still Lives  A collection of studio work from photos and display. Plus a little more.    Rummage Repose 8x10  unframed $50   Time for a Break 11x14 unframed $125 Abstracts Cold Wax & Oil 1 8x10 unframed $50 Cold Wax & Oil 4 8x10 unframed $50 Cold Wax & Oil 5 8x10 unframed $50 Cold Wax & Oil 8 8x10 unframed $50   Flowers & More Peonies Saved from the Storm 8x10 unframed $50   Workshop Gatherings 8x10 unframed $50 Birds and Animals  I tried my hand at photographing birds and had to rely on the kindness of many for sharing their photos for me to create a painting. Thanks again.     Saturday Night 8x10 unframed $75      Cartwheels in the Sky 11x14 unframed $125   Elk Family 11x14 unframed $125 Golden Beak 8x10 unframed $75 Bald Beak 8x10 unframed $75 Bird of Prey 8x10 unframed $75 Pet Portraits/Commission Pricing-CLOSED FOR Holiday Gift Giving Always a pleasure to capture the memories of peoples pets. Commissions accepted, portraits are from  customer photos done in my studio.  About Commissions If you're interested in commissioning an oil painting. Here are the details. Pricing 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 Thanks for viewing Questions welcome cshoreartwork@gmail.com