38 Times Artists “Repainted” Thrift Store Paintings And The Results Were Next-Level

Thrifting is fun because you never know what you’ll find. A lot of people love to go thrifting for stuff they can refurbish or fix up, but I had no idea that people did that with paintings.

These thrifty artists are touching up thrift store art with their own artistic talents and it’s the coolest way to upgrade a thrift store find.

1. “Painting-Bomb!”

2. “Stay Puft – acrylic on thrift art”

3. Could You Please Say “Hi” To Peany?

4. “I Added Googly Eyes To This Thrift Store Nature Photography. It’s Hanging In My Dining Room”

5. “Repainted this vintage garden gnome I found tucked away in a thrift shop.”

6. “I Had Planned On Adding Buzz Lightyear But Was Persuaded To Add Alice Instead. I Think She Was The Right Choice”

7. “KIRBY”

8. “Nautical Nonsense – Acrylic Paint On A Thrifted Art Print”

9. “Thrift And Drift”

10. “For A Year Now I’m Giving New Life To 2nd Hand Wall Plates And Transforming Them In To Very Ugly Plates And This Beauty Is One Of Them”

11. “Unsolved Mystery…”

12. “I Did My First Repainting Recently!”

13. “All Work And No Play – I Had A Lot Of Fun Painting This One!”

14. “I Bought A Print From A Thrift Store And Felt Like It Needed A Cat!”

15. “Found A Cool Print At Thrift…thought It Could Use Some Krakens!”

16. “Been Wondering What To Paint Over This Old Thrift Store Art For Some Time. Thanks Bernie!”

17. “Whom Will Thou Call?” Acrylic On Old Art Print. She Used To Be Holding A Guitar And I Swapped It Out

18. “Stumbled Upon This Work Of Art”

19. “The Lover, The Dreamer, And Me” Repainted A Couple Years Ago

20. I Thought This Scene Looked Like A Place Darth Vader Would Go To Bask In His Loneliness

21. “A Repaint I Finished A Few Days Ago – I Auctioned It To Raise Money For The Hunger Project…”

22. “Monster Flowers”

23. “Jake The Dog”

24. “Repainting Or Original?”

25. “Suddenly”.. ( “The Scream” Repainting ), Me, Oil, 2021

26. “Prepare For Trouble.” I Always Knew I Wanted To Add A Hot Air Balloon But Originally I Planned To Add Rocky And Bullwinkle. I Think The Meowth Balloon Was A Better Idea

27. “First Painting Of This Year”

28. “My Glow In The Dark Repainting From A While Ago”

29. “Great Harvest Of The Single Slice” – David Irvine March 2020

30. “Here Is My First Attempt At Doing A Repainting, I Couldn’t Be Happier With How It Turned Out!”

31. “We Can’t Stop Here, This Is Rabbit Country”

32. “My Childhood Heroes Meet Again In The Black Forest”

33. “This Belongs Here”

34. “Draw 4”

35. “Added The Beast To This Already Creepy Painting”

36. “Sky Waffles”

37. “Mine Isn’t As Cool As Some Of These Others, I Just Taped Off A Piece My Husband Brought Home From His Office When They Remodeled. It Gets A Lot Of Compliments Though”

38. “Make America Great. My First Political Piece And I’m Slightly Nervous Posting As A Brit As So Many Of You Are American I Think?”