Welcome to MN ART BUZZ, an online art collection curated by Shelly Leitheiser of Leitworks Studio. MN ART BUZZ features a new contemporary Minnesota artist several times a week. Discover some of the best artists of the upper Midwest, right here.

Highlighting Minnesota Visual Artists
Welcome to MN ART BUZZ, an online art collection curated by Shelly Leitheiser of Leitworks Studio. MN ART BUZZ features a new contemporary Minnesota artist several times a week. Discover some of the best artists of the upper Midwest, right here.

This is a recent painting by Minnesota watercolor painter Judy Fawcett. You can see more of her work here.
This painting is called “Just Beyond the Light” and is by Minnesota artist Lori Theim-Busch. You can see more of her interesting art work here.
This water media painting is called “Red Kimino” and is by Minnesota artist Doug Lew. You can see more of his colorful work at his website here.
This is a detail of the painting “Portage River Cabin” by Minnesota artist Lori Theim-Busch. You can see more of her artwork on this page at Fine Art America.
This is “Pine Tree Vertigo”, original photo by Denver photographer Adam Pender, who once lived in Minnesota. You can see more of his art and photography here.
Yes, more art by Shelly (me) again. I have 10-20 paintings that are relatively new that I haven’t even gotten online but others are at my website here. This one is an acrylic collage called “Tantalizing II”.
I am trying to keep all my websites updated but it’s very difficult with all the work I’m doing lately. Hopefully more art here this week.
This is a detail of “Taylor’s Falls” by Minnesota artist Jeffrey Hurinenko. He has an amazing body of work in the style of the old masters, and does a lot of portraits and figures. You can see more of his beautiful work here.
This is a detail of a work by Minnesota nature artist Kellie Rae Theiss. You can see a lot more on her website and find more of her work here.
This is a detail of a painting called “A Little Red” by Minnesota artist John Wells. More of his interesting non-objective and abstract art can be found on his website.
This is a detail of the painting “Lily vs. Architecture 3 “ by Minnesota artist Melissa Breitenfeldt. You can see more of her work at her new beautiful website here.
She has a wide variety of abstract styles and media, and also does design work.