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"They were looking for
an affordable place to live
while they pursued their
creative lifestyles.
When such a place surfaced
in the small, sleepy, 1854
town of Mantorville,
Minnesota, they bought it
and settled in." They
were the movers of the
town's re-birth, not by plan
or design, but because they
didn't know it couldn't be
done."
(re-printed from Welcome
Back to Mantorville with the
permission of the authors)
"Welcome back to
Mantorville" is a
wonderful collection of
vignettes starring "the
usual suspects" in
small-town Minnesota.
You'll delight in meeting
the characters, the "movers
and shakers" and the rest of
the populace as you explore
a brief history of
Mantorville's re-birth
taking its rightful place as
a Minnesota Tourist
Destination.
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Book by Ron Hunt and Suzy
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I
was born in a boxcar north
of Estherville, Iowa in 1934 and
raised on a hardscrabble farm in
Dodge County, Minnesota. I am
self-taught and have been practicing
since 1959. I work in oil,
watercolor, pen and ink and pastel.
My subjects are primarily
landscapes, buildings and boats.
My work has been published by the
Minnesota State Historical
Society, the Minnesota
Bar Association, the
Mayo Clinic Fellows Association,
the Gift of Life Transplant
House and the American
Medical Women's Association
among others.
Exhibition venues have
ranged from a windswept clothesline
on the remote island of Inishmore,
Ireland to the Grand Central Art
Gallery at the Biltmore Hotel in New
York City.
Though I have been at it for over
forty years and have an
estimated 4000 art works behind me,
there is still no greater thrill
than sitting down in front of a
blank canvas or watercolor block! |
Pen-and-ink
renderings and
watercolor portraits
of folks' houses are
my specialty and I
invite commission
work along that
line. The
finished painting is
a 14" X 20"
watercolor produced
from your good color
photograph on high
quality Arches 140
lb paper.
It's an easy
transaction,
simply send me the
photo, I do the
painting and send it
back to you.
This is a
recently finished
work, it
depicts the Jensen
family home in
Albert Lea,
Minnesota and is
entitled "412 Bridge
Avenue."
To inquire or
purchase,
contact Ron by
clicking here. |
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(Framing not
included) |
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I have loved
Riverboats for years
and have
done numerous
pen-and-ink
renderings of some
of the more famous
Mississippi
Boats
including the
Delta Queen,
Mississippi Queen
and American Queen
as well as
many local packets.
My Riverboat prints
are available ready
for framing by
contacting me
directly here.
The Delta
Queen has
been decommissioned
by Congress but the
print keeps this
boat alive and is an
excellent addition
to any collection. |
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