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!”

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2. “Stay Puft – acrylic on thrift art”

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

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

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

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

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7. “KIRBY”

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

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9. “Thrift And Drift”

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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”

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11. “Unsolved Mystery…”

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12. “I Did My First Repainting Recently!”

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

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

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

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

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

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18. “Stumbled Upon This Work Of Art”

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

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

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

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22. “Monster Flowers”

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23. “Jake The Dog”

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24. “Repainting Or Original?”

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

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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

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27. “First Painting Of This Year”

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

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

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

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

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

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33. “This Belongs Here”

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34. “Draw 4”

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

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36. “Sky Waffles”

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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”

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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?”

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