A small painting depicting an exchange made in slumber.
Making A Trade In Repose, 8"x10" oil on panel.
A new one for the Out Of Towners group show @thumbprintgallery.bsky.social The show opens tomorrow, April 32rd, I'm happy to be a part of this great lineup. Check out Thumbprint Gallery and give 'em a follow!
#art #popsurreal #dreamytime #johnsauerart
A still life of a doll, bottle, dead flowers, and a Magic 8 Ball. Asking the questions we're not sure we want answered.
It Is Decidedly So, 11"x14" oil on panel, 2019.
#art #stilllife #magic8ball #johnsauerart #oilpainting
Small painting of farm house and fields in Wisconsin
Door County Wi., 5"x7" gouache on paper, 2014
Not sure whatever happened to this...
#art #painting #landscape #doorcounty #johnsauerart
Mini oil painting of a Minneapolis alley
Alley Number 72, E. 17th St. Near 3rd Ave. S., 4"x4" oil on panel 2016 (sold)
It's that time of year here in MN, melt and muck season. Here's an small older alley.
#art #minneapolis #alley #johnsauerart
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
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
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
A painting celebrating May Day in our modern world.
Mayday, 12"x16", oil on panel 2022 (sold)
#art #surreal #popsurreal #everythingisfine #johnsauerart
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
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
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
A small winter painting of an alley in Southeast Minneapolis.
Minnehaha & E. 34th St. 6"x8" oil on panel 2017 (sold)
I was surprised at the interest in the last post, so I dug out a few more images to share. I thought I'd grab some other older stuff too, like still life and illustration. What the heck, why not.
#art #pleinair #johnsauerart #mpls #landscape
A small painting titled "Get A Load Of This" depicting the host for your apocalypse, holding a small teevee and surrounded by smoke rings.
Get A Load Of This, 4"x6" oil on prepared postcard.
This for the 3rd annual Postcard show at @brassworksgallery.bsky.social
This show opens this Saturday.
Make sure you're on their email list to get in on their early collector's preview!
#art #surrealism #popsurrealism #johnsauerart #whatsonteevee
The Folklorists, 7"x9" oil on panel.
The 3rd of 3 small ones for the upcoming Stranger Factory Winter Salon, opening Dec. 6th - this weekend!
Check out: strangerfactory.com for more info.
#art #surreal #popsurreal #strangerfactory #strummy
#squeezeboxdog #johnsauerart
A small painting of the quintessential channel surfer
The Telestic Voyager, 6"x8" oil on panel.
Another small one for the upcoming Stranger Factory Winter Salon, opening Dec. 6th.
Check out: strangerfactory.com for more info. And give 'em a follow!
#art #surreal #popsurreal #strangerfactory #astraltraveler #johnsauerart #channelsurfer
A small oil painting depicting our favorite moondog romping about the moonbase, as moondogs do.
Upon Arrival On Moonbase 1, 10"x10" oil on panel.
I've been working on a few small paintings for the upcoming Stranger Factory Winter Salon group show. It opens December 6th. Check out: www.strangerfactory.com for more info and art from out of this world!!
#art #surreal #popsurreal #johnsauerart
A small painting of a little one eyed house smoking a pipe and playing a squeezebox.
The Way Home, 4"x6" oil on prepped postcard.
Another one for the upcoming 3rd annual Postcard Show @brassworksgallery.bsky.social -opens Dec. 13th!!-
A fun show with artists from around the world.
#surreal #art #popsurreal #putthatinyourpipe #squeezebox #johnsauerart
A small oil painting of skeleton in a paisley print smoking jacket, enjoying a pipe, and emitting a pink smoke nipple bomb. As one does.
Are You Sure? 4"x6" oil on prepared postcard.
This is for the upcoming annual Brassworks Postcard show.
Stay tuned for more, and make sure you follow @brassworksgallery.bsky.social
Also - Happy Halloween!!
#art #surreal #popsurreal #postcardshow #johnsauerart
A small surreal oil painting depicting a goat masked hoodoo practitioner working up a midnight love potion.
The Spellcaster 8"x8"oil on panel, 2023 (sold)
From the Love Or Whatever group show in NE MPLS a couple years back. A little scene depicting some midnight love potion hoodoo in the works.
#art #surreal #popsurreal #lovepotion #hoodoo #johnsauerart
A small oil painting depicting Charlie In A Box from the Island Of Misfit Toys making a getaway after torching an ice cream truck in a suburban neighborhood.
Misfit, 10"x12" oil on panel 2023 (sold)
From a group show a couple years back.
I've always felt Charlie had issues.
#art #surreal #popsurreal #islandofmisfittoys #borntolose #johnsauerart
Premonition, 9.75x13.75 oil on panel.
This painting is for the upcoming David Lynch tribute show: Fish In The Percolator, at Spring Arts Gallery in The Last Bookstore DTLA, and curated by @artbythecreep.bsky.social
The opening is Oct. 12, 4-7:30 pm
#art #surrealism #davidlynch #lumier #johnsauerart
8x10 surreal oil painting of a pink commuter melting at a bus stop while looking at their phone.
The Harvest, 8”x10” oil on panel, 2022 (sold).
Another Pretend Times piece.
#art #surreal #popsurreal #squishy #johnsauerart
A mini surreal painting of a professorial blue rabbit in a vest and shirtsleeves, with a travel companion bird that lives in its bowler hat. They’re embarking on an adventure.
New Aventurers, 5”x5” oil on panel 2022 (sold).
This little one was part of an Unloved Creatures group show at Rogue Buddha Gallery.
#art #surreal #popsurreal #birdhat #johnsauerart
10x10 oil painting of a music lover taking a stroll in the city on a lovely evening and enjoying a favorite hully gully dance record while admiring the beauty of the moon.
Hully Gully With Moon, 10x10 oil on panel 2022 (sold). Another Pretend Times piece.
#art #johnsauerart #surreal #popsurreal #urbansurreal #hullygully #rekkids
18x24 oil painting of three children wearing endangered animal masks and going around a floating seamine tethered by a chain that they’re using as a makeshift Maypole in the ruins of a city.
Mayday, 18”x24” oil on panel (2022).
Currently available at brassworksgallery.com
#art #johnsauerart #surreal #popsurreal #utbansurrealism #dystopia
8”x15” oil painting of a mecha/pill person standing amongst urban ruins, and holding a very large caterpillar.
Devotional, 8”x15” oil on panel, 2022 (sold).
This one was part of the Pretend Times show at Brassworks Gallery in ‘23.
#art #johnsauerart #surreal #popsurreal #pretendtimes #extinction
8x10 oil painting of a Morlock walking the emotional support chicken, because we all need some time to take inventory and get centered. It seems the screaming, terrified, featherless chicken may have another point of view on the matter.
Morlock Walks The Emotional Support Chicken, 8”x10” oil on panel 2023 (sold)
#art #johnsauerart #surreal #popsurreal #selfcare
18x24 surrealist oil painting of 2 figures in a possible future dystopian tableau vivant suggesting that everything old is new again.
New Eden, 18”x24” oil on canvas 2022 (sold)
For the Reality Mistaken show at Brassworks Gallery in ‘22.
#art #johnsauerart #surreal #popsurreal #dystopian #extinction
16x20 surreal oil painting of a pill person amidst a bubbly weekend.
Stay Tuned To This Frequency, 16”x20” oil on canvas, 2021 (sold)
#art #johnsauerart #surreal #popsurreal
