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Krista V. Allenstein - midwest optimistic artist

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Can't A Girl Get A Little Privacy

30 × 30 inches

oil on canvas

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Balancing Act with a Tall Hat

6 × 8 inches

original oil paiting

framed in a vintage frame

$450

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Passing a Small Note

6 × 8 inches

original oil painting

framed in a vintage frame

$450

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Everything Inluding the Farm

16 × 16 inches

vintage frame

$960

original oil painting on panel

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Pin A Bird On It

18 × 18 inches

oil on canvas

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Stacked

12 × 24 inches

vintage frame

$1,120

original oil painting on panel

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Tis a Rocker

6 × 8 inches

original oil painting

frames in a vintage wooden frame

$450

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It's In The Attic

12 × 16 inches

vintage frame

$920

original oil painting on panel

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Cheep

8 × 8 inches

original oil painting

framed in vintage frame

$490

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Sweet Tooth

12 × 16 inches

vintage frame

$920

an original oil painting on panel

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Does This Make Me Look Fat

An original oil painting featurind a red pin cushion looking into a mirror.

Oil on panel

24 x 36 inches

framed in a vintage frame

$3500

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Messy Candy Striper

12 × 16 inches

vintage frame

$920

original oil painting on panel

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It's Spelled Like...

16 × 16 inches

framed in a vintage frame

$960

original oil painting on panel

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Jumble of Threads in a Bed

An original oil painting

24 × 18 inches

$1720

framed in a vintage frame

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LIttle Thread Bed

An original painting

8 × 10 inches

$550

Framed in a vintage frame

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I Wish

An original oil painting on panel of an imagined room and a box of wishes being released into the world.

11 x 14 inches (measurement when unframed)

Framed in a vintage frame

$770

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Top Drawer

8 × 10 inches

vintage frame

$550

oil painting on panel

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Another Red Chair

12 × 12 inches

vintage frame

$ 620

original oil painting on panel

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Healthy-ish

An original painting of a plastic container of oatmeal raisin cookies with the wording, "Healthy Adjacent" on the lid.

Framed in a vintage frame

6 x 8 inches

$420

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Come In. The Button Is Perfect

An original oil painting of a bathtub full of buttons. Buttons have spilled out of the bathtub onto the blue tiled floor.

Oil on panel

24 x 26 inches

framed in a vintage frame

$3500

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Take a chair

An original painting

18 × 24 inches

$1720

frames in an vintage frame

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Holding All The Cards

An original oil painting on panel of a deck of Bicycle cards on a flight of stairs with the words, "Deal Me In. I Like My Odds"

11 x 14 inches (measurement when unframed)

Framed in a vintage frame

$770

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All in the Wrist

An original oil painting of a room with a grand piano and an oversized spool of thread. A stack of books on the piano reads, "It's All in the Wrist."

Framed in a vintage frame

6 x 8 inches

$420

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Little Things

An original oil painting of a kitchen table surrounded by 2 books of oversized matches. The wording on the matches reads, 'It's the Little Things."

Frames in a vintage frames

$420

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Furry, Fuzzy, Feathery Friends

A an oil painting on panel of a colorful collection of ice cream tubs in a glass freezer. These delights are not the ususal flavors, however. On their label one finds the various classifications of groups of animals.

24 x 36 inches

framed in a vintage frame

$3500

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Time for Floss

An original oil painting featuring a plastic cup filled with caramel corn with the wording, "Do I Have Something in My Teeth?"

Framed in a vintage frame

6 x 8 inches

$420

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Stories Within Stories

An original oil painting of a classic parisian building. The facade is covered in flowers and the words, “There is a story behind every window,” spelled out alongside of the building in various spots.

14 x 18 inches

framed in a vintage frame

$1260

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All Together Now

An original oil painting of a storefront facade. The wording of the signage has been altered from the original. Vintage maps have been incorporated into the painting.

Inspired by Alliance Bakery in Chicago, IL

6 x 8 inches

$420

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Sit A Spell

Is it Gossip or Storytelling? Either way, whispers and laughter abound on porches and deck everywhere. We can all relate.

An original oil painting featuring a lovely cafe front featuring the wording, “Sit A Spell- Tell Me Everything.” The colors are cheerful mint green and sherbert pink.

18 x 24 inch cradeled hardboard

Framed in dark brown.

Inspired by Cafe Sant Honore in Paris, France

$1600

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We Won't Bite...Probably

An original oil painting featuring a corner store in cream brick and green wood. The wording “C’mon. Come On In” is printed on the store signage and falling over the entrance of the store. On the sidewalk written in chalk are the words, “We Won’t Bite.”

18 x 24 inches

$1720

Oil painting on panel

Framed in a vintage frame

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Hanging in the Red Chair

16 × 16 inches

vintage frame

$860

original oil painting on panel

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I'm A Clown

A Clown on Purpose

18 x 24 inches

Oil painting of a neon sign on a vintage map affixed to hardboard. The original wording of the sign has been changed.

Original sign: Circus Circus, Las Vegas, NV

Vintage Map: California/Nevada

Framed in a simple wooden frame

$1,200

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Why Not?

An Original Oil painting of a neon sign painted on a vintage map of Chicago, IL.

Inspired by

Wolfy’s in Chicago, IL

31 x 38 inches

$3,000

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Can't A Girl Get A Little Privacy
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Balancing Act with a Tall Hat
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Passing a Small Note
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Everything Inluding the Farm
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Pin A Bird On It
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Stacked
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Tis a Rocker
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It's In The Attic
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Cheep
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Sweet Tooth
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Does This Make Me Look Fat
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Messy Candy Striper
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It's Spelled Like...
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Jumble of Threads in a Bed
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LIttle Thread Bed
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I Wish
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Top Drawer
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Another Red Chair
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Come In. The Button Is Perfect
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Time for Floss
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