Ummm, is it art?
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 09:52AM David said the magic words this weekend, "Lets go vintage shopping." So we headed off with an empty car and, in a couple of hours, managed to hit three Goodwills, two Value Villages, two pretty dodgy fleamarkets and a Talize. Alack and alas, the vintage gods weren't with us. I have a specific shopping list in mind for the house - a long dresser, ceiling fixtures and dining chairs - and managed to come up empty handed except, ummm, for the clown pictured below.
Yep, it's a Paint by Numbers, and at $4.99 I totally couldn't pass it up. Does it creep you out? People either love or hate clowns (and Paint by Numbers, lol, though they're becoming increasingly collectible). The clown is pictured with a framed needlepoint, another cheapy-yet-cool recent find from my fave local Goodwill. Both will eventually find themselves hanging on a gallery wall that we're planning, but really, I have to get back on track with the gear we actually need!
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Reader Comments (9)
I love cheap art! A great find. How are you going to frame them up?
Hey P.F. Hmmm, I haven't got quite that far with the planning yet, but I was thinking about trying to use mostly white gallery-style frames. Simple and modern, but then we'll probably keep some of the original frames on the older pieces just to mix things up (the bamboo frame on the needlepoint is too cute to dump).
It's not museum art, but it's art. If you love it and it makes you happy, hang it. We all need more art in our lives!! Love your vintage look.
I like Rita's attitude, "if you love it and it makes you happy, hang it!" A great motto to live by.
Which Goodwill and Value Village do you find the best stuff?
Urgghhhhh can't sleep the clowns will eat me! I'm totally addicted to thrifting but I shudder when I see anything "clown". Perhaps just one though in a wall of vintage art to provide tension to the mix :)
LOL midcenturyjo, I knew the clown would get to somebody. Normally they semi-freak me out too, but this one struck me as much friendlier (his eyes don't follow you 'round the room.) And you're right, one clown hanging with the rest of the art will hopefully look pretty cool!
Hi Mimi, I hit quite a few on a regular basis, but I always pop into the Goodwill on Overlea in Toronto, and the one on Dundas West in Etobicoke, whenever I can.
That clown painting brings back great memories. I remember my older brother and sister painting them when I was a really young kid...it must have been in the seventies. I love it!!!