Original Oil Paintings of Viroqua and Driftless Wisconsin Life by Dan Howard

Colorful abstract landscape painting of a hillside with houses, trees, and swirling sky with bright yellows, blues, greens, purples, and reds.

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Original Oil Paintings of the Driftless Region and Rural Wisconsin by Dan Howard
Dan Howard is a post-impressionist oil painter based in Viroqua, Wisconsin. His work captures the barns, backroads, small towns, and quiet corners of the Driftless region with bold color and grounded emotion. From La Crosse to Madison, Dan’s original oil paintings celebrate the real Midwest — not the polished postcard version, but the lived-in beauty of crooked fences, snowy hillsides, and streets with stories. Painted on birch panels and signed on the front, each piece reflects Wisconsin life through a lens of color, memory, and honest observation. If you love rural landscapes, small-town scenes, or the feeling of standing still in the middle of something familiar — this work is for you.