Art is all around us. While you may expect art to come from the talent and genius of a gifted human being, it turns out that the forces of nature are a rival to any of the creative giants that we have produced, and in some cases, even better!
Following on from a previous post, we here at Bored Panda have compiled a list of our favorite artworks created by Mother Nature, those accidental masterpieces that are a serendipitous result of the laws of physics and gravity, and the whims of light, wind and color. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself and take a closer look around you, you never know where accidental art might be hiding!
#1 Fell Asleep In The Bath. Finger Brains
Image source: neeto85
#2 Art Only Nature Can Create. My Fence This Morning After A Snowy Night On Terschelling, The Netherlands
Image source: Greien218
#3 Morning Frost Looks Like It’s Painted
Image source: Kvapil
#4 In Cute Cat News, My Mom Put Up An Easter Decal On Our Front Door And It Makes Gigi Look Like A Dr. Seuss Character
Image source: drewsoulman
#5 Oranges Photographed Through The Glass Panes Of A Greenhouse
Image source: mikeleus
#6 A Rock Created Bird Shaped Window Art On My Car
Image source: AshlynnMartell
#7 Sunset Reflected In A Broken Mirror
Image source: sivribiber
#8 I Dropped Some Water, Opened The Table Extension To Dry And A City Landscape With Temples And Pinnacles Appeared
Image source: Roccobot
#9 Even The Shadows In Scotland Are Plaid
Image source: BookerDeWittsCarbine
#10 Something Bumped Against A Wall At Work And Made A Painting Of A Snowy Town
Image source: bonerificnoodles
#11 This Colony Of Moss Growing Inside A Bike Seat
Image source: teton_blamer
#12 Mud Spatters On The Car Window Created An Accidental Monet On My Friend’s Outback Road Trip
Image source: buzzy5
#13 After I Poured Milk Into My Coffee, I Found Snoopy On The Doghouse Under The Moon
Image source: Tacec
#14 Volcanic Explosion On A Lid
Image source: sylvester49
#15 The Swirls On This Log
Image source: fudsworth
#16 Christmas Lights Under The Snow
Image source: Binyah_Binyah
#17 A Tree Pattern Inside A Tree
Image source: AbortedGallow
#18 The Snow Has Settled Only On The Outline Of The Bricks On My Friends Driveway
Image source: calmdownlad
#19 Blue With A Touch Of Yellow. Unstirred Paint
Image source: Minhimalism
#20 The Way This Wood Split Looks To Me Like A City Skyline
Image source: kentdent1
#21 The Tapestry Above My Bed Made A Pretty Sweet Reflection In My Coffee This Morning
Image source: deathbypolkadots
#22 Bark Of A Snow Gum Tree Looks Like A Painting
Image source: Proteon
#23 The Shadow From The Dirt On My Window Looks Like Mountains
Image source: maybeimnotlying
#24 This Car Door Looks Like An UFO Above The Forest
Image source: Sighma
#25 My Friend Took A Picture Of Her Cat With A Crappy Cellphone Camera Through A Dirty Window Frame And It Looks Like A Painting
Image source: reddit.com
#26 This Aerial Photo Of A Garden Looks Like A Surrealist Painting
Image source: Simmo5150
#27 The Spilled Ink On My Finger Looks Like A Forrest Fire Have Taken Place
Image source: BrucePee
#28 The Frost On My Window Looks Like Birds Flying Off A Pine Tree
Image source: thunderstorm35
#29 Fine Art
Image source: Tarig13
#30 Bubbles Seen Through The Top Of The Shampoo Bottle
Image source: ScrippyTrips
#31 Was Coloring Eggs With My Niece When She Accidentally Made A Dragon Egg
Image source: AwkwardPigeon
#32 This Coffee Stain That Resembles A Map On The Inside Of My Cup
Image source: praesespilsbaas
#33 The Camera Focused On The Reflection Of The Tree Instead Of The Watch
Image source: GiveMeYourGuitar
#34 My Dog’s Face Looks Like A Van Gogh Painting
Image source: un_xpekted
#35 Centrifugal Force Creates A Perfect Work Of Art
Image source: deusXYX
#36 My Coworker Spilled Wine In The Office So I Turned It Into A Spazzy Cat, He Loved It
Image source: VoodooMamaJuuJuu
#37 Plum Crazy (Phg) Chrysler. Unstirred Paint
Image source: LoganQBerry
#38 Found This Smeared Paint On The Window Of A Vacant Store That Looks Like A Classical Chinese Watercolour Painting Of A Horse
Image source: raskolnikova
#39 The Ice Pattern Outside Of My House Looks Like A Wolf Spirit
Image source: iMoosker
#40 Algae On A Chinese Lake Looks Like An Impressionist Painting
Image source: Jianan Yu
#41 The Way This Ice Froze Looks Like A Topographic Map
Image source: sleepytaquito
#42 From The Engine Room At Dusk
Image source: kaymenwendt
#43 This Van, Covered In Dirty Snow, Looks Like A Bob Ross Canvas
Image source: DropTheGigawatt
#44 This Dying Leaf Looks Like It’s Pixelating
Image source: kittyskid
#45 The Underside Of My Yogurt Lid Looks Like A Haunted Graveyard
#46 I Cracked My Screen Protector And It Created A Beautiful Piece Of Landscape Art
Image source: iMiserable
#47 The Way My Lightbulb Burned Out Looks Like Art
Image source: LSKM
#48 This Window Looks Like A Painting
Image source: PifflesTheGreat
#49 My Friend’s Dirty Car Looks Like A Painting
Image source: mossinator51
#50 My Coffee Came Out Looking Like A Bride
Image source: CiaranM87
#51 The Spray Pattern On This Wall From A Plumbing Exaust
Image source: LysdexicPenguin
#52 Drone Photo Directly Above Bowls Club. Looks Like A Surreal Painting
Image source: Coolman_Express
#53 Purple Swirl. Unstirred Paint
Image source: folke87
#54 The Pattern Formed By These Tables And Their Shadows
Image source: babbettebaboon
#55 A Face Was Scuffed Into My Car After A Minor Car Accident
Image source: Lster28
#56 Took This With My Phone Through My Windshield While Stopped At A Light
Image source: SuperCub
#57 My Photo Of A Frozen Waterfall. Looks Like A Watercolor Painting
Image source: DirOfPhoto
#58 Oil World
Image source: obeboh
#59 The Beautiful Brain. Unstirred Paint
Image source: PokeMaster_TM87
#60 The Way The Dye Fell Through This Solvent I Was Making
Image source: muja0902
#61 A Flurry Of Cherry Blossom Petals
Image source: golden_an
#62 The Way This Window Turned To Look Like A Painting. Florence, Italy
Image source: pandathug
#63 The Sunrise Shining Off The Icy Roof Of My Car
Image source: Sakka15
#64 Cool Ice Pattern On My Wheel After Driving Through Wet Snow
Image source: dibshi
#65 Paint Tint Came Out As An Apple
Image source: hlaiie
#66 A Shattered Window
Image source: kidill
#67 Dropped My Phone, It Bounced Off The Trail And 20 Feet Down The Side Hill Through The Vegetation. It Was On A Camera Timer
Image source: aaronrcouch
#68 Yesterday I Droped My Waterbottle. This Is The Pattern It Made While Rolling Away
Image source: mo1kiz
#69 I Was Melting Down Some Chocolate At School And Noticed This Little Bird And Tree Design On My Spatula
Image source: HannahGraceN
#70 Yin Yang In A Water Drop
Image source: BenjiMalone
#71 This Van That Was Painted Over The Rust To Make Mountains
Image source: _cranch
#72 Dried Up Salt Water Turned Into Squares
Image source: koyfishy
#73 This Unfiltered Picture I Took Looks Like An Oil Painting Because Of The Rain On The Window
Image source: jmerskine1
#74 Accidental Monet
Image source: The_Doctor_00
#75 Tire Mark On Highway Looks Like Hummingbird
Image source: 96speed
#76 I Dropped A Box Of Spaghetti On The Ground And Accidentally Graduated From Art School
Image source: Man_E_No
#77 Slushy Roads + Centrifugal Force = Art
Image source: Cosmonauttttt11
#78 My Coffee Surprised Me With A Painting This Morning
Image source: alphapiglet_
#79 This Almost Symmetrical Pattern Someone Left In Our Driveway This Morning
Image source: petrprie
#80 Pollen That Formed On The Water Looks Like Artwork
Image source: Imakeyoulaughlongtime
#81 The Tear-Out On This Veneer Looks Like A City Skyline
Image source: drewdp
#82 The Siracha I Put On My Egg Accidentally Looks Like Someone Hugging The Sun
Image source: theflippist
#83 This Cat Looks Pretty Cool Through The Glass Of One Of Our Windows Like Some Sorta Painting
Image source: PeteGriffin32
#84 My Wife Looks Like She Is Walking Inside A Painting. I Took This With Her iPhone
Image source: HongKongHuey
#85 This Is What Paint Looks Like Before It Gets Shaken
Image source: Kids_Jelly
#86 My Friend’s Nail Polish Chipped To Look Like An Old Fisherman
Image source: carrse
#87 Old Paint On A Rusted Container
#88 My Dirty Work Pants Left A Very Clear Imprint On This Chair
Image source: skitar_gibson
#89 The Algae On My Pontoon Boat Looks Like A Pretty Good Painting
Image source: dudecephus
#90 Pattern Formed From A Table And Melting Snow
Image source: CheesenGrapes
#91 The Opening In This Wall Looks Like A Piece Of Art Hanging On It
Image source: JSaltyRae
#92 This Protein Shake Stain Looks Like An Alien
Image source: Czar_of_Nothing
#93 This Stepping Stone Looks Like A Painting Of Misty Mountains
Image source: Michellehas2ls
#94 This Clock In A Server Room Is Accidental Modern Art
Image source: AmazingNews
#95 The Foam In My Beer Looks Like A Smiling Dog
Image source: xray_anonymous
#96 There’s A Creepy Smiley Face In My Coffee
Image source: deedeelocks
#97 Accidental Ink Splodge Looks Like A Flying Pterodactyl
Image source: cheekychen
#98 Wanted To See What A Plant Would Look Like Before I Hung It. Forgot To Get Out Of The Way. Accidental Surrealism
Image source: actuallylike
#99 The Street Water Made A Tree In The Snow Of The Parking Lot
Image source: P_Cray
#100 My Cracked Fire Glass Looks Like A Thunderstorm Painting
Image source: notw86
#101 My Friend’s Coffee Grounds Look Like An Abstract Forest Painting
Image source: emzieees
#102 The Bottom Of My Eraser Looks Like A Painting Of Birds In Front Of A Row Of Trees
Image source: Maxiscoolerthanyou
#103 This Window Looks Like A Painting
Image source: Diapolis
#104 Crazy Stairs Look Like A M.C. Escher Painting, Not Sure Why Anybody Would Build Like This
Image source: TheFadedGrey
#105 I Was Cleaning The Flat Top Grill At My Work And Suddenly A Canvas Of A Forest On The Lakeside
Image source: Wheresthechips
#106 Saw This At Star Wars Celebration Parking Lot. That’s No Accident
Image source: notdagreatbrain
#107 Washed My Daughters Comforter. This Is How It Ended Up When The Cycle Was Done
Image source: aumonkey
#108 Car Wash Soap
#109 Looks Like An Impressionist Painting
Image source: AlGrave
#110 My Sister’s Dog Fell Asleep Under The Misters
Image source: puddingflinger
#111 This Melted Exit Sign Which Looks Like An Art Project
Image source: EvilChannel
#112 I Put Jello In The Freezer To Set It Quickly And Ended Up With This Awesome Pattern
Image source: skybluepink15
#113 The Way The Rain Made This Paint Dry
Image source: jonnyhopkinz
#114 I Accidentally Painted A Snow Covered Forest With My Router Shavings
Image source: BW900
#115 The Residue Of Black Paint Mixed With My White Paint And Made A Little Forest
Image source: Stedey
#116 Ink Spilled Onto My Workbench, Tiny Swan Was Born
Image source: shelllbee
#117 This Photo My Uncle Took Of A Sunset Looks Like A Japanese Painting
Image source: RainyMeadows
#118 The Icy Roof Of My Car Looked Like A Painting This Morning
Image source: OwnerOfABouncyBall
#119 Who Knew Paint Had A Brain?
Image source: DersDersderson
#120 Art Or Window Washing
Image source: a_lit_suh_dude
#121 This Pattern In The Water From Boiling Eggs
Image source: Local_Humming_bird
#122 I Accidentally Painted A Horse With My Foot While Waiting For The Bus
Image source: Patriaga
#123 My 8 Month Old’s Hair Is Always In A Perfect Swirl That Reminds Me Of A Van Gogh Painting
Image source: cwhite0729
#124 The Fruit Bowl At My Work Fell Over And Now It Looks Like A Renaissance Painting
Image source: FFFrazer
#125 Chopped A Red Cabbage And Found This Pattern
Image source: steps_on_lego
#126 I Accidentally Put Too Much Paint On The Brush So I Pinched It On A Tissue And This Butterfly Emerged
Image source: sigurbodi91
#127 Unintentional Modern Art
Image source: internetsuperstar
#128 Geological Map Of The Moon – Looks Like Modern Art
Image source: anichu
#129 Homemade Brew
Image source: mrt1984
#130 Police Officer Trying To Save American Flag During Hurricane Harvey Looks Like A Painting
Image source: Somali_Pir8
#131 My Bathroom Window Looks Like An Abstract Painting Every Morning
Image source: AwwwwYeeeeeeah
#132 My Roommate Cooked A Cat Shaped Pizza, The Parchment Paper He Cooked It On Now Looks Like A Cave Painting Of A Cat
Image source: irritatingrobot
#133 This Spiral My Wife’s Nail Polish Made When It Dropped And Broke
Image source: dagnir_glaurunga
#134 Space. Unstirred Paint
Image source: OSU7
#135 This Shadow Looks Like Decal Art On A Car
Image source: HostileHosta
#136 This Orange Juice Dried And Cracked Into A Pretty Pattern
Image source: 6foot8
#137 I Left My Transition-Lensed Glasses Next To A Window Screen And The Sun Left A Checkerboard Pattern On The Lens
Image source: thdrgnbrn
#138 The Way My Friend’s Window Splintered Was As Though Two Atoms Were Cataclysmically Colliding
Image source: justminick
#139 Was Painting A Project When The Black And White Paint Mixed And Made This Design
Image source: Rynaldo900
#140 Bob Ross Broke My Screen
Image source: malimukk
#141 After Dumping Out The Kid’s Sidewalk Paint
#142 Acid Tab. Unstirred Paint
Image source: ThatFlanGuy
#143 Intergalactic Unstirred Paint
Image source: craftebeerguyct1821
#144 This Sunset Looks Like A Painting On The Wall
Image source: SanpakuSchatz
#145 This Picture I Took With My Crappy Camera Looks Kind Of Like An Oil Painting
Image source: AutumnWonderland
#146 Accidentally Printed A Picture On The Wrong Side Of The Paper. Came Out Like A Painting
Image source: GikeM
#147 Section Of Board Where I Randomly Clean Off My Paintbrushes
#148 Coffee Left With A Spoon In It Formed A Tree Pattern
Image source: Mainstay17
#149 Accidental Beer Art: Row Of Trees
Image source: PN1428
#150 The Cosmic Depths Of Dirty Dishwater
#151 Unstirred Paint
Image source: JennMakesPaint
#152 The Creamer Left Some Mildly Interesting Art At The Bottom Of My Mug
Image source: Johnnycakess
#153 Spiderweb In A Car Looks Like A Van Gogh Painting
Image source: khfl
#154 Betta Fish. Unstirred Paint
Image source: JennMakesPaint
#155 This Splatter Of Wax On The Bottom Of My Candle Holder
Image source: Finntastically
#156 My Wet Hair Made This Pattern On The Bed
Image source: snarkely_poof
#157 The Photo Taken Through My Bathroom Window Looks Like A Real Piece Of Art
Image source: LaRoso
#158 My Freezer Was Leaking Into A Cup And Made This Ice Block
#159 The Way This Water Spilled Looks Like A Tree
Image source: adorablenutellakitty
#160 Rain Against Grate
#161 My Frozen Windshield Looks Like A Bob Ross Painting
Image source: BeardedAndTatted
#162 This Stain From A Coffee Filter Looks Like A Watercolor Painting Of A Boot
Image source: NoHorseShitWang
#163 The Dirt On This Car
Image source: gddub
#164 A Bunch Of Old Photos Got Left In The Rain
#165 My Friend Accidentally Drew Half Of The World With His Umbrella
Image source: leroyprompakdee
#166 The Shadow Cast By Two Street Lights On This Tree Looks Like A Painting
Image source: alwaysomewhere
#167 I Stepped On My Glasses, Resulting In An Oil Painting Of An Old Lady Carrying A Basket Of Bread
Image source: jdjdhej
#168 This Map Made By A Ladybugs’ Footprints
Image source: Average_Barrier_Reef
#169 Forest On The Side Of My Van Created By Dust And Rain
#170 After A Party, This Dusty Table Looks Like Art
Image source: Krocsyldiphithic
#171 Accidental Art
Image source: CiucinciuTiberius
#172 Heat Haze Caused By Jet Engine Exhaust
Image source: ouikipedia
#173 Google Maps Glitched Out But It Looks Awesome
Image source: Sleevelesssocks
#174 The Bottom Of A Dried Up Bottle Of Ink
Image source: inspiredpathways
#175 This Display Of Notebooks At My Local Goodwill Looks Like Modern Art
Image source: sozh
#176 My Friend Gave Me Her Senior Pics But I Accidentally Ran Them Through The Wash. Pulled Them Apart And Found This Strange Art
Image source: ManNipplesYay69
#177 The Soap On My Windscreen
Image source: linkinparkfob
#178 Sand Painting – Not By Hand But By The Wind
#179 Congealed Fat And Leftover Meat Juice From Cooking Roast Looks Like Art
Image source: JewelCatNoir
#180 Dropped Phone Whilst Taking A Pic In Tokyo, Japan. Accidental Abstract Art
Image source: ama88
#181 Sidewalk Paint After It Rains Looks Like A Piece Of Modern Art
Image source: dah020
#182 Signage Art?
Image source: feathersoft
#183 This Picture I Took Of My Cat Behind The Window Looks Like An Oil Painting
Image source: abarri
#184 My Doorbell Camera Glitched, Making Me Look Like Modern Art
Image source: Tornado9797
#185 Mud Spattered On Black Car
#186 Left The Chipboard Backing From A Cheap Cabinet Out In The Rain Last Night
Image source: jennybock
#187 Windshield During The Elite Carwash
#188 This Dog Scratched Wall, Looks Like A Painting Of Snow Covered Mountains
Image source: unique_usernameY2K
#189 Left Over Pieces Of Advertising On The London Underground
Image source: Towndon1
#190 Dried Coffee At The Bottom Of A Mug
Image source: Chipnstein
#191 Paint In A Bucket
#192 Just A Dirty Window
Image source: emmamaar_
#193 A Construction Crew Spilled Paint On This Wall. I Snapped This Photo Before They Ruined The Art Piece By Trying To Clean It
Image source: paul_oak
#194 My Chocolate Wine Spill Made Art On My Yoga Pants
Image source: brownbluegreen
#195 The Cream On Top Of My Tea Looks Like Trees
Image source: thegaythatnevercums
#196 The Way This Tempered Glass Broke Looks Kinda Like Mountains
Image source: ScantAjax
#197 This Construction Site Looks Like A Piece Of Art
Image source: rem0tecontrol
#198 Raindrops On My Sun Roof
#199 I Couldn’t Help But Be Swept Away By The Stunning Cherry Blossom Like Image That Appeared On Her Leg
Image source: desiredart
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