John Sauer

Setting up files for screen printing; adding halftone "shading"; sorting the sizes out so these two are twins of each other.

Should be done by Art-A-Whirl or sooner, along with three other projects.

May I never again feel the urge to draw an opossum for as long as I remain living.

An ink drawing of an alley at 33rd and Emerson St. Minneapolis.

Alley #8 of 100 - 33rd & Emerson Ave. S., looking North,
4" x 11" ink and wash on paper. 2011 (sold).
#art #minneapolis #Alley #johnsauerart #drawing

Thanks! Partly the result of a very limited palette: Paynes grey, Asphaltum, and white. Doing these smaller ones gave me some freedom to experiment a bit.

Most of my time problems come from wanting to do everything...still. I'll never learn.

A small oil still life painting of a plaster replica classic greco-roman type bust with some ear gear.

Plaster Bust Study, 6"x12" oil on panel, 20170 (sold)
I need to find time to do some still life again.
Time...what's that like?! 😄
#art #stilllife #johnsauerart #whatsplaying #busty

Thank you.

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A still life of a boilermaker (short beer and a shot).

Boilermaker, 6"x8" oil on panel, 2016 (sold)
An essential Midwest dive bar classic. Cheers!
#art #stilllife #divebar #booze #hooch #johnsauerart

Oh man, always loved Pete Hawey.

Fabulous - those look great!

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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A painting celebrating May Day in our modern world.

Mayday, 12"x16", oil on panel 2022 (sold)
#art #surreal #popsurreal #everythingisfine #johnsauerart

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Our friend, the Frankenstein monster, playing a ukulele.

Wait, it's #frankenbruary ?!? 😀

Here's something from my Threadless page.
Get yerself a swell Tee here:
johnsauer.threadless.com/designs/uke-...

Color sketch, standing on a corner watching cars go by.

Minneapolis Sketchbook Project 2021 - 2 Views Of Lake St. (2nd view, Lake St. & Lyndale Ave., looking NW).
This was a local travelling sketchbook project from a few years back.
#art #minneapolis #sketchbook #mplsart #johnsauerart

Anyone smell smoke?

Page 1 of my contribution to the @misterzozo.bsky.social traveling sketchbook.
Thanks to Nathalie Tierce for the invite!
A little mixed media sketchbook fun made for a nice distraction.
(graphite, acrylic, ink, color pencil, marker, and gouache)
And onward it goes....

put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Page 2 of contribution to the @misterzozo.bsky.social traveling sketchbook.
Thanks to Nathalie Tierce for the invite!
A little mixed media sketchbook fun made for a nice distraction.
(graphite, acrylic, ink, color pencil, marker, and gouache)
And onward it goes....

An oil painting view of Minneapolis from Nicollet Island

Downriver, 8x10 oil on panel, 2017 (sold)
A view from NE MPLS from back in my outdoor paintin' days.
#art #mpls #nempls #johnsauerart #pleinair

Thank you!

Thanks....yeah, it's not bloody *everywhere*

Thanks!

A fall painting of a north minneapolis alley

Alley Number 86; N. 16th Ave. & Irving Ave. N., 12"x9" acrylic on illustration board - 2017 (sold)
#art #minneapolis #johnsauerart #100alleys

Alley Number 100 (40th Street), 8"x10" oil on panel 2014 (sold).
Despite what's currently happening, MPLS really is a great place. For me, the alleys have always been a source of interest and inspiration...the real heart of the neighborhoods.
#art #landscape #100alleys #johnsauerart

Thanks. Things are tense here in the cities this week to say the least.
I'm sorry to say I don't have any alley paintings for sale.
The 100 Alley project was a few years back.
These days, my focus is on surrealism. If you're interested, you can find everything available on my website johnsauer.com

Thanks!

Hi, glad you like it! It's one of mine from a few years back when I did a series of 100 Minneapolis alleys. You can find them all here: 100alleys.blogspot.com

That's interesting! I've never heard of that Minnehaha Falls.
The photo on the link looks a lot like the Minnesota one, but the resemblance ends there. That one is muuuch taller.