Sweetheart’s Tree (Oil on Canvas)

 (Value Village Art Gallery Favorite)

Another old one, guessing 1970s/1980s? 

Hard to believe it, but someone appears to have taken a Sharpie and written over the original “Heart and Arrow” tree carving (maybe “3-5-25 Bob Owen”? Not sure though.) I’m not a fan of this kind of desecration. I suppose (?) the artist might have done it, long after the fact. But it doesn’t seem likely to me.

Anyway, the artist had some talent and spent a bit of time making what amounts to Real Art. I like it. It’s no Masterpiece but it’s definitely quite good, for what it is. Not a waste of paint by any means…

Bee (Acrylic on Canvas)

At first glance I thought this was a wayfair.com special. But someone actually painted this. The bee looks like a bee so I won’t “bee” too unkind here.

Haha get it?

(But: too much black! Way too much.)

Desert Scene (Acrylic on Canvas)

This is one pallid, faded and washed-out-looking color pallet. On a “One to Ten” scale this would be a solid 3. 

Rainbow Rain Umbrella (Acrylic on Canvas)

 I just…I can’t even…

Very Unimaginative Mountain Range (Acrylic on Canvas)

This painting is almost entirely black and blue.

Amateur Artists: this shiznit must be stopped…

Pisces of Sh*t (Acrylic on Canvas)

It’s just not good. Aaaand we have more blue and pink. And black. Ugh. What in the Wide World of Sports is going on with the black, pink and blue lately?

Desert Scene (Acrylic on Canvas)

The foreground isn’t very good but at least it’s not awful. The horizon, on the other hand, is. It looks like a Trans flag. FML…

 

Clown (Acrylic on Canvas Board)

(Value Village Art Gallery Favorite)

Okay. So maybe you don’t like clowns. I get it. Me? I don’t like spiders. You have my sympathy. HOWEVER: this is objectively, demonstrably a very well-done clown painting. And judging by the back of the canvas board, this is old. Like 1970s old. I dig it. In fact I digged it so much that I bought it: I’m going to restore this by touching up the chipped areas.

There was some real talent here, back in the day. It is a shame that there is no signature.

Anonymous clown-painter: the (Value) Village Art Gallery salutes you 🫡 

Gazebo (Acrylic on Canvas)

I’m not a fan of the color pallet (green and purple/pink? ugh!) but this is pretty good otherwise. Not great, just…good. 

Ocean Waves and Beach (Acrylic on Canvas)

Impressionist-y but with like almost zero effort I think? Really underwhelming. Sorry :/

Watermelon (Acrylic on Canvas)

 Tedious. Verrrry tedious.