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Frame of Reference Fine Art, Whitefish and Big Fork, MT

Marks Art Gallery, College of the Desert, Faculty show

Archangel Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

Reference Location
St. Louis, MO

Lee’s Grill

Acrylic and Mixed Media on canvas
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2015
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36” x 48”
Mixed-media painting of Lee's Grill, a mint-green St. Louis diner with red rooftop letters, flanked by dark shrubs under a pale sky.Mixed-media painting of Lee's Grill, a mint-green St. Louis diner with red rooftop letters, flanked by dark shrubs under a pale sky.
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Motels & Roadside Signs
Diners, Cafés & Theaters

Lee's Grill in St. Louis, Missouri, appears as a small turquoise diner with red rooftop letters and a white fascia band listing HAMBURGERS, HAM-EGGS, CHILE, MALTS and ICE CREAM. Two large dark green shrubs flank the steps, and the pale turquoise sky is scratched with pink and red marks. The same diner appears in the print Lee's Grill.

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Motel and Roadside Sign Paintings
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AllPaintingsPrintsMixed media
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Grain Elevators & Mills
Motels & Roadside Signs
Diners, Cafés & Theaters
Barns & Farmsteads
Trains & Railroads
Churches & Schoolhouses
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