Here in Minnesota, summer turns the whole state into a construction zone. New buildings, housing renovations, landscape projects, road construction. There’s no escaping it. This week, let’s turn the madness into something on paper, shall we? Here are three paintings to get you started.

Jeffrey Smart, The construction fence, 1978. Oil and acrylic on canvas. TarraWarra Museum of Art, Australia.

Sarah McKenzie, Patriot, 2010. Acrylic on canvas. www.sarahmckenzie.com

Liam Jones, Construction #25, 2003. Acrylic on canvas. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, CA.