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So honored to receive the Jean Shreffler Award today, January 4, 2026, at The Butler Institute @butlerartmuseum for my painting, Mardi Gras Diva, oil, 30x40 in. at the 86th Area Artist Annual, exhibit runs through February 15, 2026. #thebutlerinstitute #butlerinstitute #youngstownohio
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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"Saint Nicholas" (1838)
Oil on wood panel
By Robert Walter Weir (1803-1899)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #christmasart #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A painting of Saint Nicholas based on the description in the poem "The Night Before Christmas"
December 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Some appropriate art for Thanksgiving:

"Three Turkeys"
Oil on canvas
By Henry G. Keller (1869-1949)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #natureart #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A painting of three wild turkeys
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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"Ship: Valparaiso" (c. 1855)
Oil on canvas
By James E. Buttersworth (1817-1894)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #seascape #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Seascape painting of a large sailing ship with 3 masts.
July 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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"Schooner Yachts, Deer Isle, Maine" (1928)
Watercolor on paper
By John Marin (1870-1953)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #watercolor #JohnMarin #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Watercolor painting of two sailboats.
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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"House by the Railroad"
Oil on canvas
By Raphael Gleitsman (1910-1995)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Landscape painting. A single railroad track in the foreground. There is a small house with a red roof on the other side of the railroad tracks to the left and some trees to the right. In the background are two utility poles and a small hill.
July 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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"Life is Sweet" (1915)
Oil on canvas
By Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #genrepainting #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A woman standing in a garden surrounded by red and pink flowers.
July 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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"Will Barnet" (1977)
Oil on canvas
By Everett Raymond Kinstler (1926-2019)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #portrait #EverettRaymondKinstler #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Portrait of a man seated in front of an abstract painting.
July 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
"Hollyhocks" (c. 1922-23)
Oil on canvas
By Philip Leslie Hale (1865-1931)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A large bush of hollyhocks is on the left. There is a young woman with a large red flower in her dark hair reaching for one of the hollyhocks.
July 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
"Eliza Cook" (1816)
Oil on canvas
By Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #portrait #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A woman in a white dress seated in a red chair.
July 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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"Fall Fisherman" (c. 1850)
Oil on canvas
By Robert Scott Duncanson (1821-1872)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #landscape #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A man dressed in red is paddling a canoe on a stream in the middle of a dense forest.
July 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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"The Eye of the Artist" (c. 1898)
Oil on canvas
By Victor Dubreuil
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #trompeloeil #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Tromp L'oeil of an envelope, currency and an eye looking through a hole in a board.
July 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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"A Vision of the Past" (1913)
Oil on canvas
By Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A group of indigenous Americans--including a young boy--standing in the rain. There are ghostly looking figures in the background who appear to be hunting.
July 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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"Mrs. Daniel Rea and Child" (1757)
Oil on canvas
By John Singleton Copley (1737-1815)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #portrait #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A seated woman in a white dress holding a baby on her knee.
July 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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"Fisherman's Accoutrements" (1887)
Oil on canvas
By George Cope (1855-1929)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #trompeloeil #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Painting of fishing equipment including fishing poles, net, creel and rumpled hat.
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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"High Noon, New York" (1986)
Watercolor on paper
By Chen Chi (1912-2005)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #watercolor #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Water color of a street in New York lined with flying US flags.
July 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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"Thea" (c. 1910)
Oil on panel
By George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #portrait #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Portrait of a young girl with long blonde hair wearing a red hat.
July 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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"The Landing at Bailey Island, Maine" (c. 1907)
Oil on canvas
By Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #landscape #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A small spit of sand and rocks is in the foreground. There is a green hill on the middle ground left leading down to a dock with some small buildings on it and a sailboat next to it. The water is to the right and there are a number of small sailboats out on the water.
July 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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"Twilight" (c. 1898)
Oil on canvas
By Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1919)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #landscape #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A small pond with a few trees around it with a sunset in the background.
July 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
"Geraldine Lee #2" (1914)
Oil on panel
By George Bellows (1882-1925)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #portrait #GeorgeBellows #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Portrait of a seated young woman. She is dressed in a light green blouse and a pink jumper.
July 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"The Dreamer" (1894)
Oil on canvas
By Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #portrait #CeciliaBeaux #womenartists #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A young woman in white reclining on a chair.
July 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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"Sculpture on a Roof" (1945)
Oil on board
By George Ault (1891-1948)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Painting of sculptures on a rooftop with a city skyline in the background.
July 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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"Peeking Door" (2020)
Oil on board
By Sam Rosenthal
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Painting of a slightly open door with a small child looking out
July 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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"Roadside Meeting" (1901)
Oil on canvas
By Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
A man on a horse (on the right) meets a woman and child (on the left)
July 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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"Untitled (Portrait of Eleanor Beecher Flad)" (2007)
Oil on canvas
By Burt Silverman (b. 1928)
(The Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown, OH)
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting #portrait #butlerartmuseum #rustbelt #youngstown
Portrait of a woman sitting with her left hand against her cheek.
July 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM