Minnesota Prairie Roots

Writing and photography by Audrey Kletscher Helbling

A maple bacon sundae & other delights at a Waterville coffee shop » Coffee shop, Kathy

Kathy hurries back to the kitchen to prepare orders while Kari relaxes in the back coffee shop corner. Tim Foster’s “American lures” painting (oil paint, oil pastels and graphite on canvas) anchors the wall. It was inspired, he says, by old fishing lures. Kathy would like to buy the $450 painting as a permanent installment in her shop. I suggested she collect tips to help her buy it. Foster sells his mostly abstract and surreal paintings through his website and studio, at Hogan Brothers in Northfield and via art shows. Kathy saw “American lures” at the 2012 Sakatah Arts Experience in Waterville and invited Foster to bring his painting to her coffee shop.

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