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John J Reipas Artist.

I was born on August 16th 1965 in Atikokan Ontario Canada, a hard scrabbled mining town of a population of 6500 (back then). less now. I relocated in the USA and moved to northern Minnesota’s iron range.

After high school, where I graduated a solid C+ student with a few minor conduct problems, I attended one year at Saint Cloud State University taking design courses. One year was enough at SCSU, so my friend Ray and I drove my 1967 beetle to the west coast to take a look around. The only problem was that we drove head on into a herd of wild burrows outside of Vegas and rolled the Volks four times doing sixty plus miles per hour.

Upon our return to the gopher state, I began art school at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Eventually graduating in 1990, I have made my living with my paint brushes and creative problem solving skills.

For information on work shown, pricing, or interested in commissioning Reipasart please contact by email with address shown below

johnreipas@reipasart.com
612-423-5463