Palm Fronds? (acrylic on canvas)

My wife said the first painting is supposed to be pine needles but I’m not so sure. Given the quality of most of the VVAG art we highlight here I’d say the fact that they’re blue would indicate that they must be palm fronds.

Regarding the second painting: I think the artist was definitely heading in the right direction.

Rustic Landscape (Oil on Canvas)

(Value Village Art Gallery Favorite) 

I feel like I’m going to regret not buying this one. The style reminds me of something I can’t put my finger on. Yes, the building’s angles are jacked up but they’re  jacked up in a somewhat appealing way. I like it.

Moonlit Lake (acrylic on canvas)

I’m not going to say anything too terribly mean here. It’s not good, and it’s probably the result of a Paint Night suggested topic, but it’s goofy in an appealing kind of way.

Abstract Something-or-other” (acrylic on canvas board)

I like it! I just wish it didn’t have that stupid stylized signature jacking it up. Maybe a little kid did this though. If so, it’s fine little dude. Rock on!

Sigh (whatever on whatever)

You have my promise I’ll never hang one of these “Live Laugh Love” philosophical abortions in the Value Village Art Gallery ever again. I’ve only included this one so I could make the following joke:

“They sure don’t come out onto this canvas though…”

Eiffel Tower (acrylic on canvas)

When I go to Value Village, I often find previous VVAG acquisitions still on the shelves for weeks and weeks on end. This, amazingly, will not be one. Some lady actually bought it while my wife and I were leaving. C’est la vie.
 

Sailboat (acrylic on canvas)

I think I would have liked this one more if the artist had held off with the gimmicky and inexplicable upward ice cream drip-looking water trails. The painting isn’t from the 1960s/1970s but it has that feel. Paintings of sailboats were kinda big in the sixties. Along with overly-skinny Don Quixote-looking dudes on sickly-looking horses carrying droopy lances. I miss them.

Still Life (acrylic on canvas)

This one is so Not Bad (though not exactly good) that I’m not entirely sure it wasn’t mass-produced i.e. not amateur art. No signature, the canvas frame is nicer/sturdier than we usually see but it’s also much older than what we’re used to seeing. I’m thinking maaaaaybe 1970s? It’s a hard call. Until I know for sure, it stays.