A Splash Of Whimsy Turned These 15 Secondhand Paintings Into Glorious Masterpieces.

You know the saying: One man’s painting is another man’s canvas… or something like that!

Thrift shopping leads to all sorts of discoveries, but it can also spark creativity. The results of this can be found all over social media, including the subreddit Repaintings. Just like the name suggests, it’s filled with paintings that people have breathed new life into in the best, and sometimes funniest, ways possible. Keep scrolling to see some of our favorites!

1. “My husband found a thrifted landscape that matched his computer background. It just needed an at-at.”

a landscape painting with trees, mountains, a lake, and deer. an at-at walker has been added and is standing in the water. — Reddit

2. Looks like Godzilla has found himself a new home!

godzilla re-charcoaling on a a black and white etch of a grassy area with a path, trees, and a small house in the distance. — Reddit

3. The Pumpkin Magician is working his magic!

painting of seven people gathered around small table. a person with a pumpkin head has been added and appears to be doing magic with their hands. gold colors fly out from their hands. — Reddit

4. This masterpiece is called “Mr. Pickle’s Sphere of Calamity,” and we love it all-the-more because of it.

a landscape painting with trees, a stream, and a small fence. a giant hamster named mr. pickle is screaming as he rolls uncontrollably in his giant ball. straight past the trees. — Reddit

5. “Hey… do you want to pick some flowers with me?”

a painting with a quaint home in the background and flowers all around. a pig who is front-and-center has been added. the pig is so closeup that all that is visible is their face. — Reddit

6. Life imitates art and art imitates life…

painting of mountains with fog toward the top and a path leading their. bob ross has been added and he's holding a brush, making it look like he's painting the painting he's in. — Reddit

7. The only thing better that the addition of Baby Yoda is the fact the general consensus that the little boy looks just like Anakin as a kid!

a two photo collage. the first is a painting of a little boy who is smiling as he's holding a small dark brown and white dog. the second is the same painting except the dog has been turned into baby yoda. — Reddit

8. Nothing out of the ordinary here! Just a teensy little quest.

a landscape painting of a clearing in a forest with a lake. three characters from "monty python and the holy grail" have been added and are standing near the water. — Reddit

9. So many wonders to admire in this painting!

landscape with a lake, fall trees, and a snowy mountain in the distance. a ufo has been added in the sky and the loch ness monster has been added in the water at a distance. — Reddit

10. This painting now resides in the kitchen of a friend of the painter who added the pizza, and we couldn’t think of a better place for it.

a painting of two children and a dog who are sitting outside. one is holding up a pizza that was added in and he's about to eat it. the second boy is watching. an open box of pizza has been added just in front of them. — Reddit

11. “Cat Bombing, my latest thing.”

a painting of a woman guiding goats to a gate with her home in the distance. a white cat with light blue eyes has been added to the bottom left corner. the cat is so close that all we can see is their face. — Reddit

12. “Lord of the Rings” was meant for this painting.

a man with a beard and glasses smiling as he holds a large painting in front of him that covers up most of him. the painting has lots of trees, a river, and a large, snowy mountain in the distance. "lord of the ring" characters have been added and are making their way across the river in a single file line. — Reddit

13. Fans of “The Iron Giant” can’t stop geeking out about this perfect painting!

night time painting of a forest with a river. the iron giant has been added in the distance amongst fog. — Reddit

14. Who knew that velociraptors enjoyed frolicking through fields of flowers?

painting of a field of flowers with two people walking in the distance. two small, blue dinosaurs have been added to the forefront. — Reddit

15. “This sat at the thrift store for a while before I liberated it to add some life and death. It is my first repainting.”

painting of a field of purple flowers with a two-story white house in the background. the duck hunt dog has been added in the middle of the flowers and is holding two ducks in his hands. two ducks are flying in the sky. the bottom of the painting has been made to replicate the duck hunt video game. — Reddit

These paintings certainly didn’t end up like the original artists envisioned, but we’d like to think they’d appreciate that their work inspired someone else to express themselves. Because, in a way, isn’t that what art is all about?

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