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Will Rafuse
@willrafuse.bsky.social
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Self-taught oil painter, I began to paint at 35. “I paint to remember the “Good Times” and “Great Places” visited in life.” - Quality over Quantity.
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Jun 17
Sold and heading to it’s new home in Los Angeles ♥️ California

Thank you Zola, owner/curator
Arden Gallery
129 Newbury St.
Boston

GRAND VIEW MOTEL
Raton, New Mexico
Oil on canvas
40” x 40”
2025
(Americana Series)

Thank you Steve Fitch for permission for the use of your photograph for reference.
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 25
Available at: 
ARDEN GALLERY 
129 Newbury Street 
Boston, Massachusetts

“WELCOME” 
Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (circa 1937) 
Jackson Hole, Wyoming 
Oil on canvas 
40” X 40” 
2025
Americana Series
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 19
Varsity-Ridge BOWL
Oil on canvas
20” x 14”
2014
Private Collection - Vancouver
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 15
The Heart of Davie Village
Oil on canvas
36” x 36”
2018
Private Collection - North Vancouver

My original oil on canvas painting of Jim Balakshin’s “Heart of Davie Village” candy-like neon sign located on Davie Street in Vancouver’s Gay Village.
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 12
Available at the Kurbatoff Gallery
2435 Granville Street, Vancouver

The Vogue Theatre
918 Granville Street, Vancouver
Oil on canvas
30” x 30”
2024

Owl Drugs (HOOTIE)
1524 W. 41st Avenue, Vancouver
Oil on canvas
30” x 30”
2024
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 12
Available at the Kurbatoff Gallery
2435 Granville Street, Vancouver

The Legendary “El Mocambo Tavern” 🌴
464 Spadina Avenue, Toronto
Oil on canvas
48” x 24”

OVALTINE CAFE
(Circa 1942)
251 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Oil on canvas
48” x 36”
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 12
Available at the Kurbatoff Gallery
2435 Granville Street, Vancouver

Smile…Diner 😊
424 West Pender Street, Vancouver
Oil on canvas
48” x 48”

Bamboo Terrace Chinese Restaurant
149 East Pender Street, Chinatown Vancouver
Oil on canvas
48” x 48”
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 8
The Pink Motel
Cherokee North Carolina
Oil on canvas
36” X 36”
2010
Private Collection - Blacklick, Ohio
(Americana Series)
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 8
FLASHBACK FRIDAY
(going way back)

Roadside Diner l
Oil on canvas
36” X 24”
2008
Private Collection - Vancouver

Roadside Diner ll
Oil on canvas
24” X 36”
2008
Private Collection - Vancouver
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 8
MOBIL GAS
Oil on canvas
25" x 25"
Americana Series

Set of 3 available.
DM for details

Inspired by Andy Warhol.
Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 2
Available at the Arden Gallery
129 Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts

GRAND VIEW MOTEL
Raton, New Mexico
Oil on canvas
40” X 40”
2025
(Americana Series)

Thank you Steve Fitch (American, born 1949) for permission for the use of your photograph for reference on my painting.
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
HOTEL EMPRESS
235 East Hastings Street
Oil on Canvas
36” X 24”
2019

Private Collection - Vancouver
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
Elephant Super Car Wash ll
Seattle, Washington
(yellow version)
Oil on canvas
40” x 36”
2010
Americana Series
Private Collection - Manhattan, New York
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
OK USED CARS
30" X 36"
Oil on canvas
2012
(Americana Series)
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
GOLDEN CITY CAFE
Tacoma, Washington
Oil on canvas
48” x 32”
2012
(Americana Series)
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
FRESNO MOTEL
Fresno, California
oil on canvas
48” X 36”
2021
(Americana Series)

STARLITE MOTEL
(The Diving Lady)
Mesa, Arizona
oil on canvas
48” X 36”
2021
(Americana Series)

Private Collection - West Palm Beach, Florida

Arden Gallery
129 Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
BIG MAC
Oil on canvas
24” X 24”
2012
Private Collection - Pictou, Nova Scotia

“Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.”
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
RUDY’S BAR & GRILL
627 - 9th Avenue, Manhattan
Oil on canvas
24” X 30”
2010
(Americana Series)
Private Collection - Vancouver
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
DRUGS
Oil on canvas
24” x 30”
2011
Private Collection - Saint John NB
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Feb 1
Barclay Grocery
1500 Barclay Street, Vancouver
Oil on canvas
20” x 36”
2015
Private Collection - Vancouver
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Jan 31
BARBER SHOP
10 West Mercer Street
Seattle, Washington
Oil on canvas
30” X 36”
2009
Private Collection - Vancouver

(Americana Series)
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Jan 30
WHITE LUNCH CAFETERIA
124 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Oil on canvas
36” X 36”
2021
Private Collection - Vancouver

Thank you Svend-Erik Eriksen for permission for the use of your photograph for reference.

www.facebook.com/svenderiksen
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Jan 30
McLEAN GROCERY
1107 McLean Drive, Vancouver
Oil on canvas
24 x 24
Private Collection - Vancouver

(Permission from Vancouver Archives Photograph Collection)
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Jan 30
“6 Pack” - 100 Years Of The Coca-Cola Bottle
Americana Series
Oil on canvas
40” x 40”
2015
Private Collection - Lake Orion, Michigan

This painted was exhibited in the Marietta Cobb Museum Of Art - Coca-Cola Collection Group Exhibition;
“CATCH THE WAVE”
April - June, 2016
Marietta, Georgia
USA
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Will Rafuse @willrafuse.bsky.social · Jan 29
JANTZEN
Oil on canvas
36” X 36”
Private Collection- Vancouver

The Jantzen swimwear factory formerly at 188 Kingsway Avenue, Vancouver.
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