Curio: Thrift Store Paintings Reimagined
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 1:00PM
Alexa in Back to the Future, Curio, Donnie Darko, Ghostbusters, Star Wars

Alexa here. I'm a self-professed lover of thrift store art: paint-by-numbers, portraits on velvet, Margaret Keane wannabe prints, Warner Sallman's Head of Christ, the cheesier the better. So illustrator David Irving's current project has me feeling a little "why didn't I think of that?" envy:  David collects old thrift store prints and paintings and, in his words, "re-directs" them by adding well-known characters or objects into the scene, many from the world of the movies.  The works operate as sly collages that conflate the two worlds (almost) seamlessly.

Here are some of my favorites... 

 

 

 

 

You can see more at David's website and buy prints or originals on EtsySociety6, or Redbubble.

 

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