On April 18, 2023 I purchased a framed painting (print on canvas) from Hidden Treasures Thrift Store at 2915 Pentagon Dr, St. Anthony, MN. The image depicts an idyllic mountainous landscape with a family of deer standing in the foreground by the edge of a clear blue lake. My research online of the work led me to discover that the picture is based on an oil painting by the artist Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), a German-American painter best known for his large landscape paintings of the American West.
I painted a large, yellow rubber duck (with sunglasses) on the painting, completing this ‘new’ collaborative artwork on May 13, 2023.

This artwork will be part of a group exhibition at Gallery 1988 entitled "A Very Special Episode," curated by Steve Seeley - Opening June 23, 2023.

Landscape painting with mountains, trees, and a big yellow rubber duck floating in a blue lake. Signed Seamus Liam O'Brien — Completed painting with artist’s signature on the bottom left.

Landscape painting of a mountainous landscape with a waterfall in the mid-ground and a blue lake in the foreground — Purchased print of a painting by the artist Albert Bierstadt entitled ‘Sierra Nevada I’.

Small yellow rubber duck toy on a coffee cup in front of a rubber duck painting. — The toy model used to create the collaborative artwork.

A yellow rubber duck wearing sunglasses floating in a blue lake with tall mountains and a waterfall. — I painted a yellow rubber duck with green sunglasses onto the blue lake in the landscape painting.

Detail of the yellow rubber duck wearing green sunglasses floating in the lake. — Detail of the yellow rubber duck in the painting.

Man holding a landscape painting with a yellow rubber duck while standing in a parking lot with cloudy skies. — Artist Seamus Liam O’Brien holding the finished artwork in front of Hidden Treasures Thrift Store.