Johnny Appleseed
VIDEO – Summer 2025 UPDATE – watch Johnny play his fiddle for his animal friends as the river flows and…
Spiral Sketchbooks collection
April 2025 acquisition Collection includes six Brudno spiral bound sketchbooks with study’s for completed and many unknown paintings mostly on…
On the Walls
Over the years, some of Grell’s best easel productions were captured in photographs “On the Walls” of his various studios…
Salome’s dance
The story of Salome’s beheading involves her dancing for her stepfather, King Herod Antipas, who promised her anything she desired. Prompted by…
Bum Alley
Imagineered by Grell and exhibited at the Chicago Galleries Association in 1951. Grell described the project as follows in a letter…
The Prodigal Son
From Wikipedia: “The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving…
The Wonderer
The Wonderer Possibly a young Bacchus who was known as The Wonderer Oil on canvas, 1933
Samson & Delilah
Samson’s story revolves around his divine strength, granted by God through a Nazarene vow that included never cutting his hair. His lover,…
Susanna bathing
The religious story of Susanna and the Elders involves two men who surprise a bathing woman, and the biblical account of David…
Sword fight
oil on canvas 14.5″ x 18.5″ source: color photo with painting dimensions written en verso graphite on paper sketch, source:…
NEW EXHIBIT @ Iowa Western
On October 27, 2023 Iowa Western held a small reception to commence the exhibition of this work on campus at…
Grim Reaper
painted when Grell was in and out of the hospital in 1952 believing his own life was coming to an…
