Creating good art requires skill and imagination. People devote their entire lives to it and still fail to produce a single quality work. But there is a silver lining in every cloud — sometimes artists create such bad works, they’re actually kinda good. In their own way.
Just take a look at the Facebook group called Terrible Art in Charity Shops (TAICS).
Its 240K members are constantly sharing pics of the stuff they find while scavenging through thrift stores, and it’s clear that one man’s trash is another’s living room decor. From funny superhero portraits to trippy landscapes, continue scrolling and check out what I mean!
#1 Not Terrible But It Made Me Laugh; Portswood, Southampton UK
Image source: Alex Thurley-Ratcliff
#2 A Steal For Only £10. In Sue Ryder Hillsborough, Sheffield
Image source: Tori Elle
#3 Take My Money
Image source: Al Bigg
#4 Bought From Scope Cornwall For £1. Titled Fashions For The Ocean Bed. 1930’s Print Of Diving Suits From 1500 To Variants Of The 1800’s. Cool Or Not?
Image source: Adam Carver
#5 Psychedelic Cat Save The Children, Salisbury, South Australia
Image source: Jamie Grgurovic
#6 This Is Also Pretty Ruff. I Didn’t Splash Out On It… Although It Costs Only A Hound Coin… Etc Red Cross Charity Shop In Burnham On Crouch, Essex
Image source: Mick Terry
#7 Finally Found Something Worthy I Hope… In St Vincent’s Bunbury West Australia For $6… Lovely Pic Of… Red Blood Cells??
Image source: Emma Roth
#8 Came Across This In Weldmar Hospice Are In Lyme Regis – £3.50
Image source: Enza Lisanti
#9 I Saw This A Few Weeks Ago And Forgot To Post. The Cow Picture In The Foreground Was What Caught My Eye For But Actually The Girl Bathing/Baptising The Puppy Is Far Worse I Think. Acorn. Jersey
Image source: Susan Flack
#10 I Bought It, Anyway
Image source: Allan Janus
#11 I May Have Had The Same Expression As The Dog Upon Spotting This Gem. Goodwill, 6th Ave Tacoma Wa
Image source: Shelby Lohr
#12 There Is Something About It That Makes Me Keep Looking. Goodwill Sunnyvale, $9.19
Image source: Raquel González Rojas
#13 This Is Very Odd, A Possum Riding A Rocking Horse??? What’s Been Stranger Is That I Kind Of Like It, But Not Enough To Buy
Image source: Lisa Timmytatts
#14 Dun Annunna Nunna Nunna… Wimborne
Image source: Phineus Squatski
#15 Newcastle Cat And Dog Shelter In Heaton Is This A Cultural Reference? I’m Very Ancient Now So Have No Comprehension Of What This Is
Image source: Beth Stothard
#16 $4.94 Garland Ave Thrift Dallas. It Can Be Yours. And It’s Big, Which Makes It Worse
Image source: Paul Wackym
#17 What Are These Owls Mad About? Unpriced, Chehalis, Wa. Thrift Store. I Left It There
Image source: Nelson Murray
#18 Does Anyone Have Idea Who Painted This And Who The Subject Might Be. I’m Not Even Sure If It’s Male Or Female? Cancer Research Bristol
Image source: John Llewellyn Brees
#19 This Came Home With Me A While Ago From An Op Shop In Coffs Harbour, Nsw Australia. Quite An Odd Perspective And Those Nuns Look Like They Will Creep Forward Every Time You Look Away. Feels A Bit Like A Dream Interpretation I Reckon
Image source: Graham Jupp
#20 Did Not Buy…
Image source: Miranda van der Sluis
#21 I Am Mildly Disturbed By The Way That Strategically-Placed Fish Is Staring Menacingly Into My Soul And Rather Concerned That The Woman Is Actually Dead And Not Just Enjoying An Afternoon Sitting On The Bottom Of The Ocean With Clown Fish Playing In Her Hair
$12.75 at Community Thrift in Rivera Beach, Florida.
Image source: Stacy Stuntzner Fluegge
#22 £3.45 For This Beauty, Won’t Believe It’s Painted/ Drawn But Is!!! I Left It Humbily For The People Who Believe In Hares And Rabbits Laying Eggs At Easter, Or Other Weirdo’s… Llandeilo Charity Shop UK Wales
Image source: Karien Wolf
#23 So Excited For My First Post That I Almost Forgot To Take The Name Of The Actual Charity Shop! Petrifying Puss – Found In Lighthouse – Buxton, Derbyshire
Image source: Stephen Radford
#24 The Load Of Bull Can Be Yours For £3.50 In Mind Leytonstone
Image source: Wayne Sanders
#25 Oxfam Totnes £15
Image source: Celia Stroud
#26 Bethany, Leith Walk, Edinburgh. A Bit Strange If Not Downright Terrible. (Would *you* Put This On Your Wall?) Dunno Why My Photo’s Black-And-White
Image source: Ian Clark
#27 I Spotted This Beauty In Savers At Modbury And I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About It. My Partner Secretly Purchased It, And Gave It To Me As A Present A Few Weeks Later. It Now Sits Proudly In Our Lounge Room. Think It Was $6
Image source: Emily Fricker
#28 Lifelong Thrift, Seattle
Image source: Angie Jabine
#29 Summer Vibes At Wawollie Kringloop In Utrecht (Nl) – 2.5 Euro
Image source: Madalina Amza
#30 Who Doesn’t Want This 4ft Monstrosity Hanging On Their Wall? Couldn’t See A Price, Havant
Image source: Jxmie May
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