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The Lost Cave Paintingsof
Saint Paul
Susan GainenArtist & Chief Whimsy Officer
Small Friends’ Research InstituteSaint Paul, MN
http://www.susangainen-nanoscapes-smallfriends.com/
Where are the Lost Caves?
Saint Paul’s caves were famously used by Bootleggers during Prohibition.Some are probably unexplored.The Small Friends’ Research Staff suspected that these caves might
have paintings of historic, pre-historic and whimsical creatures.
These paintings are the result of continued “excavation.”
Jungle Cat #1
Jungle Cat #1 was accepted into the Hopkins Center for the Arts Fall 2012 Juried Show
Some Post-card Sized Cave Cats
Insects: on postcards & an aluminum square
Owls: On paper & on aluminum
Red Warthog & Cape BuffaloOn aluminum & 300# paper
An Elephant Family’s Postcards
Two Cave Hummingbirds on Paper
Barnyard Cave Animals On aluminum squares
The Lost Cave Parrot of Saint Paulin Minnesota Watercolor Society’s Fall 2012 Exhibition
“Finding Minnesota”(A work on paper)
How are cave paintings made?
• Inspired by Minnesota artist Paul Boecher, I make cave paintings by applying gesso to 300# paper, postcards & primed aluminum sheets.
• The cave colors come from tinting wet gesso or painting onto gesso that has dried.
The Lost Cave Challenge
The Small Friends’ Research Institute has challenged me to create a coherent narrative to explain the presence of these creatures in a single cave in Minnesota.
Am I up to it? I hope so.
Also by Susan Gainen
The Small Friends’ Chronicles
In softcover & ebook for IPad
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3479674
Also by Susan Gainen
Meet the LLLamas
Kindle ($4.99) & Kindle Prime Amazon Softcover ($9.99)
Susan Gainennanoscapes: geometric abstractions
http://www.susangainen-nanoscapes.com/small friends: whimsical creatures’ portraits &
storieshttp://www.susangainen-nanoscapes-smallfriends.com/
other visions: digital magic from tiny watercolorsLost Cave Paintings of Saint Paul: Gesso &
imaginationSaint Paul, MN