Friday, September 9, 2011

Coloring outside of the lines

Paint-by-numbers - a popular hobby for young and old in the 50s and 60s. Paint-by-numbers kits served as art for the masses, making it possible for any person, artistically inclined or not, to paint a detailed portrait, still-life, or landscape.

Now, it seems that there is a big market not for the kits, but for the finished pieces. Call these collectors too lazy to complete their own masterpieces, or consider them collectors of automated folk-art.

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Now check out these artists' paint-by-number modifications!

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Isabel Samaras

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Chris Crites, also known as the "Bag Painter".

I might have to start collecting myself...

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