Wolf in the Woods (Acrylic on Canvas)

I’m gonna be brutally honest: while there is definitely some talent here, this is without a doubt the gayest-looking wolf I have ever seen. And seeing as how this painting is from 1982, we might just have some kind of Furry urtext thing going on here. And don’t even get me started on the pink and blue!

“Giiiiiiiddy-up!!!”

Another Freaking Flower in the Dark (Acrylic on Canvas)

We had a couple of these a few days ago. I’m not sure who is responsible for these…objects…but they need to go away.

Artist: flowers need the sun and daylight to grow. Stop sticking these poor things in the dark.

 

Untitled (Acrylic on Wooden Board)

Unreal. Just…unreal…that we have gotten in SO many really decent paintings in one day. 

This is the weakest of the Really Good Ones, but it’s still quite nice. Even though it’s abstract-y, which isn’t generally my favorite milieu (hey lookit me using dem fancy woids!)

Anyway. Nice work, artist. Keep at it :)

“Wandering Woman” (Watercolor on Paper)

Really nice. Very very appealing: stark, minimalist, but lots of motion and feeling. Almost a “Favorite” here as well. 

What a wonderful day this has been :)

Mushrooms (Acrylic on Canvas)

This one came very Very VERY close to being installed as a (Value Village Art Gallery Favorite), but one thing kept it from being allowed to join the illustrious ranks of said category here. Anyone want to guess why? Regulars here should be able to figure it out.

REGARDLESS, this is a very nice painting: appealing, reasonably competent, and well composed. We expect to hear good things about this artist one day and have Great Expectations for his or her future. Well done, my friend…

 

Spooky Swamp (Acrylic on Canvas)

 

(Value Village Art Gallery Favorite)

Well we haven’t added a “Favorite” to our gallery in quite a while but this one without a doubt fits the bill and is an enthusiastic YES from Curator SadHoboClown himself (otherwise known as me): this is certainly one of the nicest and most artistically competent/appealing/confident paintings we’ve seen here in quite a while. And believe it or not, we may have another one (or two?) to add this very same day. It’s a veritable Embarrassment of Riches for sure.

This one? There’s just something about it that feels…real. Nice composition. Nice colors and shadows. Like you could walk right into this canvas. I dig it.

M Bonnett: whoever you are, wherever you are - Nice work! 👍

Happy Bees (Acrylic on Canvas)

Something to consider: we see so much stuff like this because it’s easy. Anyone could paint bees like this. Anyone. But try painting a bee that looks like a real bee! It’s tough. But by trying to, that is how one becomes a better artist.

My point? I would rather see a bad painting of a real bee than a great painting of a fake, cartoony, stupid bee. 

Art is supposed to imitate Life. Here, we have our stupid, mindless, lowest-common-denominator Life imitating Art.

Tropical Scene (Acrylic on Canvas)

“Aloha”

Not very good, is it? But I will maintain to my grave that a brightly-colored bad painting will almost always be better than a dark and gloomy bad painting. 

Here, we have some bright happy colors. Does it look like it was done with magic markers? Kinda. But would it gloom up wall? No way, Jose…

Landscape (Oil on Canvas)

This was almost Impasto-like. And semi/kinda/slightly Impressionist-feeling. I can’t make up my mind if this is really amateurish or if it’s kinda good. I’m leaning towards kinda good. For what it is, I mean. If an amateur did this, all I can say is keep painting buddy :)

Skeetch (Acrylic on Canvas)

Here we have a painting of one of the stars of the beloved Disney animated feature “Peebo and Skeetch.” Heartwarming, isn’t it?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAILEY!!! (Acrylic on Canvas)

All of us here at the (Value) Village Art Gallery hope that you had a wonderful birthday Hailey 😁

We also hope that this painting did not give you nightmares.