Northern Lights (Acrylic on Canvas)

I think the ratio of bad Northern Lights paintings to good Northern Lights paintings here is probably something like 12 to 1. Possibly 15 to 1.

Care to take a guess where this one falls?

Lake Scene (Acrylic on Canvas)

There was a time when this painting would have been granted immediate “Value Village Art Gallery Favorite” status. But that time is long past. While this painting is very good and is certainly in the top ten percent of the paintings here when it comes to talent and effort displayed, it isn’t a “favorite.” The style of it is that which I have come to think of as being…well…there’s no nice way to say this…SLIMY. It just feels slimy, gelatinous, and oily. Viscous. Unpleasantly so. The colors are too rich somehow. I can’t explain it. Anyway, this is a really nicely-done painting that I would not want hanging on any wall in my home. Sorry.

Dog (Acrylic on Canvas)

This is one of those canvas painting boards with a picture already drawn on it. Kind of like a “paint by numbers” kit but for little kids. If we couldn’t see the lines, this one would be kind of great in a Primitive / Outsider Art kind of way. But…

Easter Eggs? (Acrylic on Canvas)

No so great. But honestly we’ve seen much much worse. It’s a 3 on my “1 to 10” scale. I am absolutely not kidding…

Confetti? (Acrylic on Canvas)

Low Effort. Medium Talent. Phoned In. On Autopilot. 

That having been said, I genuinely like this painting far more than the usual jive we see here: trolls, pumpkins, moonlit nights, owls, mushrooms, poorly-done mountain scenes, northern lights, etc.

It’s a solid 3!

Various Colors (Acrylic on Canvas)

Believe it or not, on my “1 to 10” scale, I’d call this a solid 4…

Fictional Continents (Acrylic on Canvas)

Maybe this was for a class assignment or class project of some kind? Regardless, it’s not very good.

How does one manage to make imaginary land masses look so bad? 🤷‍♂️