Ah, memes. Love them or hate them, they’ve become a staple on the Internet, and serve to connect us all using humor and a healthy dose of ridicule. Not only have classic memes been raised to an art form, but they’ve also literally been turned into cool art by a few talented individuals, and some of them look surprisingly wall-worthy.
Brooklyn-based illustrator Lauren Kaelin has been turning Internet’s best memes into minimalist oil paintings since 2013, a series she has since dubbed Benjameme. While some of the memes are a bit dated (Antoine Dodson, Gangnam Style), timeless classics like Grumpy Cat and Overly Affectionate Girlfriend are present and accounted for as well. Perhaps memes as drawing ideas is a fitting tribute to the fact that they are, themselves, a modern form of art.
Check out Lauren’s and many others’ cool drawings in our list below, and if you think you’re the true Da Vinci of meme oil paintings, add your own.
#1 Paint All The Memes
Image source: Sam Spratt
#2 Forever Alone
Image source: Sam Spratt
#3 Gumpy Cat
Image source: anthropoceneman
#4 Doge
Image source: anthropoceneman
#5 Troll Face
Image source: Sam Spratt
#6 Me Gusta
Image source: Sam Spratt
#7 Lol
Image source: Sam Spratt
#8 Pepe
#9 Fuuuu Face
Image source: Sam Spratt
#10 Y U No_face
Image source: Sam Spratt
#11 Hello? Yes, This Is Dog
Image source: Lauren Kaelin
#12 Unpopular Opinion Puffin
Image source: James Roszel
#13 You Don’t Say
Image source: anthropoceneman
#14 Grumpy Cat
Image source: Lauren Kaelin
#15 Rage Face
Image source: Sam Spratt
#16 Pepe
Image source: Pepelangelo
#17 Keisha Johnson
Image source: Alim Smith
#18 Keyboard Cat
Image source: Lauren Kaelin
#19 Confession Bear
Image source: James Roszel
#20 Dramatic Chipmunk
#21 I Lied
Image source: Sam Spratt
#22 Okay
Image source: Sam Spratt
#23 Pepe
Image source: Lena Mironova
#24 Doge
Image source: Lauren Kaelin
#25 True Story
Image source: anthropoceneman
#26 Crying Jordan
Image source: Alim Smith
#27 High Expectations Asian Father
Image source: Anoobis Eido
#28 Not Bad
Image source: anthropoceneman
#29 Ermahgerd
Image source: Lauren Kaelin
#30 Gnome Child
#31 Y U No…
Image source: hotsteamingpho
#32 Overly Affectionate Girlfriend
Image source: Lauren Kaelin
#33 Dramatic Chipmunk
#34 Bachelor Frog
Image source: Anoobis Eido
#35 Courage Wolf
Image source: Anoobis Eido
#36 Dramatic Chipmunk
Image source: Lauren Kaelin
#37 Depression Dog
Image source: Anoobis Eido
#38 Antoine Dodson
Image source: Lauren Kaelin
#39 Are You A Wizard?
Image source: keepitrail
#40 Fuuuuuuuu
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