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Michele Pope Melina

"The Painted Barn:  An Artist's Tribute"

 

Welcome to this page that exhibits the oil paintings for my solo show at the Reedy Gallery, Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, Minnesota.  These works will be on exhibit from August 27, 2008 through October 26, 2008.

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 "Weathered in Time"
11"x14"  Oil on Canvas
A great old octagonal barn in Carver County, MN.

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 "Old Glory"
11"x14"  Oil on Canvas
A grand barn in Scott County, MN.

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 "Change Is in the Air"
12"x24"  Oil on Canvas
The restored Bost  barn at the 
Minnesota Landscape 
Arboretum. Carver County,
Minnesota.

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 "The Red Barn"
20"x16"  Oil on Canvas
The restored Bost barn at the 
Minnesota Landscape
Arboretum.  Carver County,
Minnesota.

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 "Prairie Hilltop"
14"x11"  Oil on Canvas
Late April warmth at a 
Stearns County, Mn. farm.

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 "Between Earth
 and Sky"
15"x30"  Oil on Canvas
An attractive gothic style barn in Sherburne County, Minnesota.

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 "Frog Pond"
12"x6"  Oil on Canvas
Sultry atmospheric moonrise 
over this McLeod County farm.

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 "Rise and Shine"
12"x9"  Oil on Canvas
A radiant gambrel roofed barn
in early morning.  McLeod County, Minnesota.

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 "Good Morning"
11"x14"  Oil on Canvas
A round barn in Weaver, MN 
in Winona County.

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 "Summer Idyll"
11"x14"  Oil on Canvas
The iconic round barn located in Hassan Township of Hennepin County, Minnesota.  The barn was built circa 1915.

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 "Hoping for Rain"
11"x14"  Oil on Canvas
A Douglas County, Minnesota
polygonal barn.

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 "August Moonglow"
12"x9"  Oil on Canvas
A painting inspired by
my favorite artist, 
George Inness.

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 "Summer Grays"
18"x24"  Oil on Canvas
A beautiful old farm near Monticello, Minnesota. These old barns endure the urban sprawl as they sit high on a hill behind the old farmhouse.

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 "Winter Whites"
18"x24"  Oil on Canvas
Monticello, Minnesota, Wright County.

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 "Lenneman Barn"
14"x18"  Oil on Canvas
A beautiful Wright County round barn in St. Michael Minnesota.

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 "Heartland"
24"x20  Oil on Canvas
A sprawling farm welcomes the 
harvest moon along Hwy. 7
McLeod County, Minnesota.

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 "Kemmettmueller Farm"
13"x30"  Oil on Canvas
The memory of an old dairy farm near St. Michael Minnesota, in Hennepin County.

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 "Down the Lane Where 
You Live"
12"x24"  Oil on Canvas
A typical but charming old farm
near St. Michael, Minnesota in
Wright County.

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 "Winter's Hush"
18"x24"  Oil on Canvas
A silent morning along a
backroad in Sherburne
County, Minnesota.

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 "Sign of the Times"
12"x24"  Oil on Canvas
An advertising barn on Highway 7
in McLeod County, Minnesota.

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 "Pretty As Ya Please"
8"x10" Oil on Canvas

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 "Tree Trimmer"
10"x8"  Oil on Canvas

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 "Even Chance"
24"x18"  Oil on Canvas
The nearness of a microburst could have resulted in damage for this Wright County barn.

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 "Meadow in the Mist"
12"x16"  Oil on Canvas
An old barn serenly nestled near a marsh in Wright County, MN.

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 "Full Crow Moon"
12"x16"  Oil on Canvas
The cawing of crows signal the 
end of winter. A uniquely different
barn roof in Wright County.

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 "Winter's Beauty"
10"x18"  Oil on Canvas
A round barn near Weaver, Mn
enhanced by fallen snow and
some 'artistic license'. 
Winona County. 

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 "Beaming With Pride"
16"x12"  Oil on Canvas
A patriotic barn in Goodhue
County, Minnesota.

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 "The Old Tractor Barn"
12"x16"  Oil on Canvas
A Wright County barn snuggles 
into a winter's blanket.

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 "The Earth Awakens"
14"x18"  Oil on Canvas
A foggy Easter morning at this
farm near St. Michael, Mn.

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 "Silvery Moon"
9"x12"  Oil on Canvas
Mid October beckons the harvest
moon in McLeod County.

"Back at the Ranch"

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11"x14"  Oil on Canvas,
Collection of Mr. Charles Barnes
Giclee also available during the show for purchase. 
Details at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
www.arboretum.umn.edu

 

"My year long preparation for this exhibit has helped me realize how deeply I have connected with the Midwest and its
 rural community.  Painting the plains, prairies, and the barns of Minnesota has helped me express more fully my
 relationship with my adopted home and has clarified my vision and sense of purpose as an artist".  

                                                                                                                                            Michele Pope  Melina

* I wish to thank Maria Klein, coordinator of this exhibition at the Reedy Gallery, for her expertise, creativity,
and compassion for art!  Thank you. 
                                                                                                                   


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