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I believe fine art should be enjoyed by everyone and doesn't always have to be so expensive,
so Sam and I leave free artwork around the city for anyone to find and keep. If you would like to receive info on the
next art hunt or be able to leave comments, please add me as a friend on FACEBOOK If you are using Facebook join the group ART HUNT. It is the best way to receive updates on the upcoming events.
If you would like additional info or don't have a myspace or facebook, please email me at skoff2@hotmail.com. If you have found some of our work
on a hunt it is now yours! Please contact me through myspace or facebook and leave a comment on the pic of the artwork you
have found. All pics on this page are from previous hunts and have already been found but, don't worry there will be another
hunt soon! Anyone is welcome to come out and find a piece, and its all free! GOOD LUCK!!!
If you can't make it to any of the hunts but would like
a paintings there are new pieces being added all the time in the FOR SALE album. Thanks  18"x21" #1 of 14  12" x 21" #2 of 14  12" x 21" #3 of 14  15" x 12" #4 of 14  15" x 18" #5 of 14  12" x 21" #6 of 14  18" x 21" #7 of 14  18" x 27" #8 of 14  18" x 21" #9 of 14  18" x 23" #10 of 14  12" x 19" #11 of 14  20" x 19" #12 of 14  11" x 21" # 13 of 14  18" x 15" #14 of 14  10 12 08 11:30 am wicker park (GONE)  marathon 12:30pm (GONE)  near damen 11:50 (GONE)  loomis and monroe12:10 (GONE)  near the sun times building 12:40 (GONE)  the broken bridge 12:50 (GONE)  franklin and ontario 1:42 (GONE)  north and grace, lombard (GONE) 10/05/08 10:40am, 1 of 9 today  north and mozart 11:32am GONE  found 11:45  found 11:50  north and milwaukee 11:50pm GONE  found 12:15pm  north and larrabee 12:59pmGONE  found 10/05/08 1:15pm  found 10/05/08 1:20pm  #10 bonus piece found 1:25pm ----------------------------------------------------------------------    placed 9/28/08 found Hey Skoff, Today was awesome, I love the treasure hunt idea. I drove around to
the different locations, this was my second stop. I actually met a few other people looking for your art so that was
cool. I was very excited to find a piece of your work, I hadn't actually seen any pictures of the art yet because I couldn't
find a free wireless network, so I was searching blind. I had an interesting time not being able to fit it all the way into
my car, it is very heavy and huge. I ended up driving to a friends house who then helped me put the painting on the roof of
my car so I could drive the rest of the way home. It was cool to meet you, thank you for the lock combination. I will send
pictures soon, I don't know where this piece is going to end up yet. -Chrissy   placed 9/28/08 found Hi! Sorry I didn't let you know I had these pieces sooner, I wanted to hang them
first so you could see where they ended up. I can't believe we found two let alone any coming all the way from Elburn! I found
the black one first, I actually walked right past it in the bucket the first time! I also did not have the pictures and was
looking without knowing exactly what I was looking for. I found the one on Chestnut second, And we're still laughing at the
image of me trying to run and hold it at the same time. It was a big one! It's funny because i was looking at your art for
sale earlier in the week talking about how much I loved that piece and I ended up finding it. It was a great surprise to say
the least. Thank you so much. It was so much fun, and I can't wait to do it again! Krista   placed 9/28/08 Skoff, I woke up and got your email and immediately headed out the door. The closest
one to my friends apartment was your piece on Michigan and Harrison. I was EXTREMELY excited over finding it. Once I spotted
it I ran hahah. Carrying it back to my place on Roosevelt was a little difficult but I made it! By the time I got back to
the apartment my friend had finally woken up and me being over excited with this new experience grabbed her and headed off
to find another one of your pieces so we hopped in a cab and ventured off to the next nearest location which was the one on
Cermak and Calumet. I really wanted to go out and find more because the search is so exhilarating, but I already feel greedy
going out and finding two. The paintings are not hung up yet seeing how we only found them about 45 minutes ago but I assure
you they will be soon. Thank you so much!I love what you are doing! -Sam   placed 9/28/02 Found by the girl named Sam.  placed 9/28/08 found Hi'ya Patrick,I found the wood piece on Orleans, near Institute. I almost missed it as I was
walking on the opposite side of the street, but spotted it out of the corner of my eye. I dashed across traffic, and was able
to snag it. As I was taking it down off the fence, a girl walking by said "Wow.That looks like art." Haha I was
more than happy to explain to her that it was "FREE ART", and told her all about you, your philosophy and your website.
I think I may have gotten you another convert. I would be attaching a photo of where I'll be putting the piece in my apartment,
but we are moving in two days. I'll be happy to send you a snapshot soon,, of where we end up. Thank you for the free art,
and the fun distraction from this laborious packing all day. =) Jen   placed 9/28/08 found Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you about how the hunt went
yesterday! It was a lot of fun. I saw the email just as I was getting ready to join some people for brunch. One of the guys
I was with, Nikhil G., is another fan of yours, and the rest seemed pretty excited about the idea and were willing to delay
food, so we grabbed some maps and hopped in the car. We live pretty close to Huron so we went to Huron and Clark first and
found that piece. It was really exhilarating to actually find one haha. Then we continued down toward Orleans, and saw another
piece on the right side of the road while we were driving so we jumped out and grabbed that piece as well. I'm not even sure
what intersection that was. Both pieces are fantastic and all of us wanted them, so we set up a time shae of sorts.
I don't have pictures of where they 're hanging yet, but I'll send some once it gets to being my turn to be the keeper of
the artwork. Hunting for your art was an awesome way to start off the day yesterday... the excitement is pretty infectious.
At one point we were all actually running down a street in different directions to get to where we thought a picture
might be haha. I had a great time. Thanks for that. I attached two pictures of the works we found. Hope you have an incredible
day! Shivani   placed 9/28/08 found by the same people as above   placed 9/28/08 found by Krista ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  placed9/21/08 my favorite one of the day. This one has a special message on it and has money folded into the canvas.
If you find this one you must spend the money on anybody but yourself and tell them to pay it forward. Hint: near the lake
front, its a famous statue  placed9/21/08 ...FOUND... Thanks for getting back to me so soon. I think I'm well on the way to being an avid fan
of yours! I went to multiple locations in hopes of finding one and I succeeded! I picked up the red one along Lake Shore Drive,
yes it was behind the wall (thats why it was my 2nd stop). Since I was born and raised here in Chicago, I knew exactly where
almost all of them were located based on your hints and clues in the picture...ie, bus stops,buildings,bridges,paint color(yellow
and black for my piece). The scavenger hunt was a lot of fun and only made your piece that much more precious! Angelica
  placed9/21/08 ...FOUND...I just would like to say that you have us "hooked". We felt
like kids on a treasure hunt. I came across your ad on CL and waited patiently for the pictures of the locations. We
were pleased to find out we knew where at least 8 of the locations were. While hunting we noticed cars circling locations
for your work. Unfortunately we were not able to find all 11 paintings. I am pleased to say that we have begun our Skoff collection
with 2 of your pieces. We look forward to expanding our collection and enjoying another fun afternoon. Danny & Robyn  placed9/21/08 hint:the pier  placed9/21/08 hint:division  placed9/21/08 hint: swan shaped boats    placed9/21/08 ...FOUND... Thanks so much for the fun Sunday afternoon. I knew exactly where the piece on the train
was located but got to the location too late. It was gone. However, I got lucky and spotted the second piece on the bridge
near Division and Halsted. Unlike your photo, the piece was no longer hanging in clear view but was on the ground propped
up by the rail. I have enclosed photos of how I found the piece and another one with me, the happy scavenger. Hayden  placed9/21/08 hint: division   placed 9/21/08 Hi Skoff, So I found one of your paintings! After noticing that you updated your website,
I quickly figured out where most of your paintings were (because Im Chicago-saavy like that). After going to three
locations and finding nothing, I was kind of bummed. I was ready to call it quits when I realized that I was actually near
lower Michigan Ave. I'm really happy to have found this because it was actually my favorite one of the bunch. I've included
a picture of it. I'm moving this weekend and it will be hanging proudly on my wall by the end of next week! Thanks, Skoff
I love your work and even more I love what you stand for. Keep it up. Chiara  placed 9/21/08 hint: this one is obvious   placed 9/21/08 ...FOUND...by the same people who found "the dancer" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  36"x48" found 08/08/08  placed 7/25/08  placed 7/25/08   Here is the art that I found. I absolutely love it an so want more. Love your style, found
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love your attitude,love your spirit, love your world view. Thanks for the beautiful
work of art!...Russel W.  placed 7/11/08  placed 7/11/08  placed 7/11/08  placed 7/11/08  placed 7/11/08   placed 7/11/08 , found 7/11/08 Thanks for this wonderful art. I love it! Found it on 14th & Halsted (as I'm sure you know).
 placed 7/11/08  placed 7/11/08  placed 07/02/08  placed 07/02/08  placed 07/02/08  placed 07/02/08  FOUND: I found one of your paintings near Warren Barr Pavilion. I looked up the website painted on the back but I can't find
the picture there. It is a splatter painting with red, blue, white, black and yellow if this helps identify it. It is so beautiful!
Thank you so much for this gift. I love your ideas about art. Sincerely, Kathryn S.  placed 06/24/08,FOUND: Hello my name is Erin, the girl who found your painting a couple of days ago is my best friend and
when she showed me her painting I was determined to find one of my own. I was driving on Halsted and found the one under the
traffic light. It is brown and white if that helps. I will send you a picture of it in my home ASAP. placed 06/24/08 unclaimed  placed 06/24/08 unclaimed  FOUND: I had to drop you a line and let you know I found one of your art works! I got the one you left behind
in uptown. It was close, but I was able to grab it up before this spazz walking his Terrier got it. Not being much of a fan
of decorations, I decided to set it up on Ebay for sale. I hope you don't mind? I would have waited to get your blessing,
but I needed money pretty badly. I'm a recovering addict. Unfortunately, my addiction led me to spend most of my money on
drugs and I sold most of my possessions. Your painting was like a sign from god that gave me hope. This collector from Denmark
bought it for a cool $350.00 dollars. It's not that much but it's helped me to get back on my feet.  unclaimed(probably gone)  found by Robert 5/20/08 :Skoff, I found one of your paintings on Illinois and Orleans and I have it on display in the
office. It's already gotten about 15 compliments. By chance does the painting have a name? robert found by lostdjinn 5/20/08: Its number 2012, I found it on a parking meter in River North. Are there more out there? I didn't
see pictures of the big ones on your website.  unclaimed(probably gone)  unclaimed(probably gone)  unclaimed(probably gone)  unclaimed(probably gone)  unclaimed (probably gone)
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