Aydin Dincer is an American oil painter, restaurateur, and gallery owner based in the Chicago–Evanston area, known for blending art, food, and community in distinctive neighborhood spaces. He is the former owner of the beloved Evanston diner Prairie Joe’s and the current owner of Prairie Joe’s West Art Gallery.

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Fish and Accordionist
Fish and Accordionist
$200.00

Oil on prepared paper
22” x 30”

Man Drinking Man Drinking
Man Drinking
$200.00

Oil on primed thick paper, 2025

22” x 30”

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Bird Bath Bird Bath
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Bird Bath
$200.00

Oil on prepared paper
22” x 30”

Showtime Showtime
Showtime
$200.00

Oil on prepared paper
22” x 30”

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My mom was a big supporter of my art, she would encourage me to paint beautiful paintings for people to hang on their walls, and feel sad when I didn’t. Her last words were, “son, you won’t get anywhere in your life if you don&rsqu
Vintage Prairie Joe’s paintings.
My grandmother in Istanbul use to buy Matzos during Passover my mom remembered, and in Chicago my mom did the same, though neither practice Judaism. My grandmother who was from Tekirdağ, where there was a large Jewish community, tailors, in my memor
Truly these times for all of us a bit unsettling. Art in its simple approachable form is a welcoming addition to where we feel comfort and security in our home. Whether single, a couple, family with kids, empty nesters, widowed, we all search for
Changes are coming to our art gallery. 1. Starting very soon our name will change to BLUE DOT 🔵 ART GALLERY 2. We’ll be Evanstons not only the top most art gallery but also Evanstons only sole independent distraught short immigrant owned a
One of my favorite pastimes is talking to a French pink cardinal on the topic of exactly what is not happening and creating a voidness not only in the topic itself but also any further conversation. I would like to introduce this topic of voidness
I’ve been always fascinated by abandoned dwellings, there is a story in them. This one is in Colorado. Some actually would still have a stove, even a refrigerator, bed, but abandoned some time ago and revisited by one eyed gargoyles, snakes w
We are OPEN NOW with hearty soups for this St. Patrick’s Day and new cardinals too.
Did you know, during the Irish Potato Famine 1845-1852 the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I offered 10,000 pounds as a relief to Ireland but was told by the British ambassador to lower the amount as Queen Victoria had offered only 2000 pounds and one
Have a peaceful content evening.
I talk to trees, good thing they talk back, otherwise I’d be considered a bit loony. Good morning snow, missed you.
I’ve been doing a lot of pondering lately, now I am soulfully alone, MAGA shit has become irrelevant, it’s more like MAPA, Make America Ponder Again. Whereas some of us ponder missiles, drones and bombs, I ponder cardinals. Cardinals ar
When my daughters friends ask her how I am doing, kind of them, my daughter answers “I don’t know, he is growing a sweet potato plant in his fish aquarium….”. I also peddle art and soup and I am OPEN now for both. Thank you.
Hello, this is Aydyn, I am running for a political office, political office art, that’s where I decided to which art is worthy which is not, it’s a witches hunt. Then I decide only my art is worthy, so it was all about me, that you will
There are wine flights, cheese flight boards, then there is “cardinal flight paintings”. This flight and let me assure you, the cardinals won’t fly away but the paintings will, are only $100 for three.

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