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.
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 credits: Alex Thurley-Ratcliff
#2 Take My Money
Image credits: Al Bigg
#3 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 credits: Mick Terry
#4 A Steal For Only £10. In Sue Ryder Hillsborough, Sheffield
Image credits: Tori Elle
#5 Oxfam Totnes £15
Image credits: Celia Stroud
#6 Summer Vibes At Wawollie Kringloop In Utrecht (Nl) - 2.5 Euro
Image credits: Madalina Amza
#7 Psychedelic Cat Save The Children, Salisbury, South Australia
Image credits: Jamie Grgurovic
#8 Came Across This In Weldmar Hospice Are In Lyme Regis - £3.50
Image credits: Enza Lisanti
#9 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 credits: John Llewellyn Brees
#10 There Is Something About It That Makes Me Keep Looking. Goodwill Sunnyvale, $9.19
Image credits: Raquel González Rojas
#11 £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 credits: Karien Wolf
#12 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 credits: Lisa Timmytatts
#13 Dun Annunna Nunna Nunna... Wimborne
Image credits: Phineus Squatski
#14 Is This A Large Cat Sitting On A Smaller Cat??? $3.99 At Value Village, Everett, Wa. Did Not Buy Because It Was Too Large, Among Other Reasons
Image credits: Maria Morris
#15 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 credits: Ian Clark
#16 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 credits: Beth Stothard
#17 What Are These Owls Mad About? Unpriced, Chehalis, Wa. Thrift Store. I Left It There
Image credits: Nelson Murray
#18 I Couldn't Leave This Behind. Salvation Army. Brooklyn, NY
Image credits: Susan Fensten
#19 That Time Victorian Superman Stole A Statue!! Isobel Hospice, Hemel Hempstead
Image credits: Al Bigg
#20 Just Stunning (Rspca Northampton)
Image credits: Zoe Billingham
#21 Fabulous Portrait Of The Well Know Sean Bowie Bean... I Think. Westown Hospice. New Plymouth New Zealand. Literally Priceless
Image credits: Louise Fraser Hawksley
#22 What The Hell Is Going On Here? St John Tauranga, Nz
Image credits: Brian Smith
#23 Lifelong Thrift, Seattle
Image credits: Angie Jabine
#24 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 credits: Stephen Radford
#25 I Really Love This But It Might Be Terrible
Image credits: Sarah Blasé Marriott
#26 Emmaüs, Laval, Always A Happy Hunting Ground. Unpriced
Image credits: Grant James
#27 Salvation Army, Dalry Rd, Edinburgh
Image credits: Ian Clark
#28 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 credits: Susan Flack
#29 Unclear If This Is Meant To Be Sinister Or Inspiring. 99p At The Oxfam Superstore In Oxford, UK. Did Not Come Home With Me
Image credits: Katie Scott
#30 Community Thrift Store San Francisco, Price Unknown!
Image credits: Dan Moran
#31 Collage Paper Owl Pasted On Blue Paint Mess On Canvas Board... Very Shiny At Salvation Army In Somerville Ma
Image credits: Suzanne Boucher
#32 $4.94 Garland Ave Thrift Dallas. It Can Be Yours. And It’s Big, Which Makes It Worse
Image credits: Paul Wackym
#33 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 credits: Emily Fricker
#34 Horse Hair Hat?
Image credits: Misure Marshall
#35 What's With The Burning Shed While The Guy Fiddles Around And The Eye On The Tree, Henry Cole Would Be Saddened By The Burning Shed. Says On Back "The Fiddling Hippie", $2.99 At Chehalis, Wa. Thrift Store. And Yes I Bought It Home
Image credits: Nelson Murray
#36 Finally Found Something Worthy I Hope... In St Vincent’s Bunbury West Australia For $6… Lovely Pic Of... Red Blood Cells??
Image credits: Emma Roth
#37 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 credits: Stacy Stuntzner Fluegge
#38 I May Have Had The Same Expression As The Dog Upon Spotting This Gem. Goodwill, 6th Ave Tacoma Wa
Image credits: Shelby Lohr
#39 I Was Invited On Here Specifically To Post This, I Personally Think It Is Stunning, Though This Is Not The General Consensus. British Heart Foundation South London, £10
Image credits: Archie Donald
#40 Oh The Good Life! £2! Roy Castle Donation Station, West Kirby
Image credits: Benjamin Whittingham
#41 Not Sure What This Is Supposed To Be! Mer Something. Shelton, Washington Thrift, No Price
Image credits: Nelson Murray
#42 One For The Nursery? Distraught Child Presumably Traumatised By A Giant Mouse. Yours For £1.99 At Backwell St. Peter’s Hospice Shop
Image credits: Capt Clarkers
#43 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 credits: Graham Jupp
#44 Did Not Buy...
Image credits: Miranda van der Sluis
#45 Maybe It's An Apple? Karm In Lenoir City, Tn
Image credits: Helan Bach
#46 Salvos Gladesville Sydney $10. Ignore Light Reflection - So Awful I Wish I'd Bought It Now
Image credits: Anne Chalker
#47 What Is He Doing With That Bag Pipe? Hamilton Ontario, Mission Thrift, 14.99$
Image credits: Carl Jo
#48 I Have No Words, Op Shop Hervey Bay 30 Bux
Image credits: Janine Hunt
#49 I’d Hang This Betwixt Two Dream Catchers. Acorn Jersey, No Price
Image credits: Jono Le Blancq
#50 Barnet, London. £5.00
Image credits: Paul Hutton
#51 Ew. Why? Age UK, Leamington Spa. No Price
Image credits: Katie Ronchetti
#52 Restore, Tahunanui, Nz Bargain!!!
Image credits: Hanna Sproston
#53 Roommate Works In A Thrift Shop, And Someone Brought In An Unfinished Logan Painting
Image credits: Luke Clover
#54 Save The Children, Dalry Rd, Edinburgh. Apparently Painted On Black Velvet
Image credits: Ian Clark
#55 Clearly Tom Jones! Severn Hospice, Machynlleth. Priceless
Image credits: Louise Bond
#56 Been A While Since I’ve Posted. Price Unknown. Goodwill, Harford County, Maryland
Image credits: Nancy Michael
#57 I Can’t Imagine Someone Donating This Lovely Portrait, Ha Ha. Could You Imagine Growing Up With That In Your Home, How Embarrassing
Image credits: Vicie Hobbs Mixer
#58 My Friend Kristine Found This One A Few Weeks Ago And Gifted It To Me, Because My Friends Understand. Always. Goodwill, Tucson
Image credits: Mark Bloom
#59 Mary And Her Possessed Offspring. Vincentius Boxtel
Image credits: Jeroen Puijn
#60 Saw This Amazing Work Of Art In A Charity Shop In Camborne, Cornwall Recently! Uplifting Stuff Yay!!!!!
Image credits: Andrew Tozer
#61 Posted By A Friend Of Mine Visiting Sf. Only $450!
Image credits: Alex Raines
#62 A Trio Of Cowboys $20 A Pop Salvo’s Noarlunga
Image credits: Ron Rees
#63 No Idea... It Stayed There... £5 Salvation Army Northampton
Image credits: Keeley Page
#64 Found At Savers In Phoenix, Az. No Price, So I Didn’t Get It
Image credits: Rosana Nesheim
#65 Not Terrible, But The Dog's Rump Being So Prominent Is Distracting To Me. $14.99 Value Village, Hamilton, On
Image credits: Sam Haley
#66 Two For The Price Of One! Henry Viii And Marilyn Monroe
Image credits: Carol Thyer
#67 Who Doesn't Want This 4ft Monstrosity Hanging On Their Wall? Couldn't See A Price, Havant
Image credits: Jxmie May
#68 Bought Today In Oxfam High Street Orpington. As I Suspected My Wife Thinks It Terrible. I Couldn't Resist
Image credits: Graeme Casey
#69 This Caught My Eye In Newport Today
Image credits: Owain Elfyn Hughes
#70 The Load Of Bull Can Be Yours For £3.50 In Mind Leytonstone
Image credits: Wayne Sanders
#71 Happy Ponies! Sheldon, Wa. Treasures, Unpriced
Image credits: Nelson Murray
#72 One Squid? Not Sprat Bad, I Suppose... I Cod Have Bought It, But Refishted... Etc Seen Outside Red Cross Charity Shop In Burnham On Crouch, Essex
Image credits: Mick Terry
#73 This Screams “Trauma” To Me
Image credits: James Tickner
#74 I Bought It, Anyway
Image credits: Allan Janus
#75 Vincent's In Bailieborough, No Price Marked, Priceless I'd Say
Image credits: Andy Holland
#76 Pigs In Blank... This Little Pigg... Three Little Pi... Oh I’m Really Struggling To Come Up With A Pig Based Pun, Can You Help? Acorn, Jersey. No Price
Image credits: Jono Le Blancq
#77 It Has A Certain ‘Je Ne Sais Cat’ Goodwill Tucson 5
Image credits: Mark Bloom
#78 I See A Woman With Bad Hair And A Migraine Headache So Terrible That She's Lost Her Nips And They've Migrated To The Drawers. £15.95 At The Hospice Shop, Guernsey
Image credits: Karen Kristian
#79 Gonad The Dog. Sue Ryder, Chesham
Image credits: Al Bigg
#80 I Don’t Know What I Dislike The Most The Colours, The Composition, The Mixture Of Styles Or Her Stupid Face
Image credits: Ben Hinks
#81 £45 Nias Charity Shop, Wimbledon London
Image credits: Claire Roberts
#82 “Discovery” £1.99 Age UK Chelmsford
Image credits: Wayne Sanders
#83 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 credits: Emily Fricker
#84 *blessed* Savers, Lomita, Ca
Image credits: Madelaine Fordham
#85 A Long Time Follower And Finally This Morning In My Local Headway Charity Shop In Derby I See What I Have Called "Angry Kitties"
Image credits: Karen Lesley Barlow
#86 Found This Lovely Lady At Value Village
Image credits: Michelle Pryce
#87 Spotted In A Savers Store In Adelaide (South Australia)
Image credits: Tom Newton
#88 Screaming Child In Shelter Glasgow. Not Sure Of Price
Image credits: Vickie Selvey
#89 Yours For The Bargain Price Of Only £140! East London Gentrification
Image credits: Karen Bullfinch
#90 This May Resonate With Both Fishermen And Their Wives. A Princely $1.99 From Value Village Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Image credits: Martin Jones
#91 At The Ark Thrift Store. Mendocino, Ca
Image credits: Lawrence Bullock
#92 Reproductions Or Reinterpretations? Bought Yesterday For 9 Euros Each From Troc.com In Perpignan, France. I Love Them
Image credits: Dee Turner
#93 The Artist Rejects The Fallacy Of Our Belief That Interconnection Can Be Found Through The Dichotomy Of Beauty And Commerce While At The Same Time Giving Us Hope Through Naïveté And Minimalism
Furthermore, the painterly quality of line is fresh and unencumbered by pretense, allowing the viewer to dwell in a space that’s open to interpretation. Upon viewing, one is bound to note the influence of Japanese Literati Painting. A complex and challenging work that is truly a gestalt. $3 at Saint Paul Goodwill. Left unpurchased.
Image credits: Daniel Hansen
#94 I Spent A While At The St Vinnies Tacoma, Wa Us Yesterday, And Much Of It Was Trying To Figure This Out? Is It Language? Writing? A Tattoo? If It’s A Tattoo Is That Chest Hair? Truly Crappy And Framed In The Colors Of Skin
Image credits: Michelle Pennington-Pugh
#95 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 credits: Adam Carver
#96 No Idea What It Is But There Is A Woman Figure On The Right. For Only £2.99 From Oxfam, Tamworth It Can Be Yours
Image credits: Kim Whapples
#97 Great To Hang At The Foot Of Your Kid's Bed. "Sleeeep Tight! No. Really. Hurry Up, And Sleep Tight!" Not Priced (Priceless?). Goodwill, Brendan, Texas
Image credits: Lisa Hurst
#98 Poor Mermaid. Not Only Has She Lost Her Face - She's Also Got A Really Nasty-Looking Pimple On Her Shoulder. Shabitat, Brighton, UK
Image credits: Nitrous McBread
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