This was a $5.00 find at a local garage sale. This hangs along with the others I had found. I always wonder who the inspiration is behind pr...
Kitsch » Paintings
Who is Maggie?
Who is Maggie? Allee, I’m hoping you or one of your kitsch admirers might recognize the subject matter, technique and name. Without su...
Paint By Number Roses, 1960
This “Paint By Number” of roses was created in 1960 by Jay. Love it when an artist signs his work. He did a great job! The origi...
Dog and master look alike…
This watercolor was created by my husband Bob years ago. He has this amazing talent of putting a pencil to paper and it just flows. Over the...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Only Thing Better Then a Keane Painting Is to Be With KEANE!
Margaret Keane is the High Priestess of Pop Art, painting those huge waif eyed paintings that stared out at everyone throughout the 60’...
Doe Eyed Girl
This kitshy painting hung in my husbands mothers house for many years. I am not sure who the artist is. It is hard to make it out....
Our Margaret Keane Living Room Wall
There are more Keanes and assorted big eyed art in other rooms, much to my husband’s dismay. These are the ones he was willing to disp...
Amen painting
A man came to my door a few years ago selling paintings. I thought this was so tacky that I actually liked it. It reminded me of the velvet ...
Our Lady of the Dumpster
Spotted this on a wall in downtown Cumberland, MD....
Bar Hounds
This 1950 print by Constance Depler Coleman (who, by the way, is still alive and churning out art) is entitled, “Bar Hounds” and...
Owl Painting – 1968
No, this 1968 owl painting is not oil on canvas but rather melted crayons on construction paper....
Corn sign in front of Village Market in Orleans (here on Cape Cod)
This place sells all types of fabulous meats, deserts, lunch meats, all sort of fresh goodness! This sign is attached to their front window!...
Margaret Keane Portrait
Apparently Margaret Keane was way ahead of her time. Not content with insanely large-eyed little kids and puppy dogs, she ventured into TWIL...
Big eyed girl, you’ll be a woman soon…
As Maurice Chevalier said, “Thank Heavens for Little Girls” The kitsch world (and our house) is full of these big, sad eyed girl...
Fish Heads
I saw this painting at a flea market over the summer. The fellow saw me admiring it and told me his friend brought it back from “Thail...
kind of ugly painting
I couldn’t decide if this painting was ugly or kitschy so I bought it and hung it in my bedroom. I got it at the Fairfax flea mkt....
True Story “The Groom Was A Virgin”
Vintage confession magazines. It was a step on the wild side. In 1970, what went on behind closed doors was finally being exposed. Actually ...
GIrl With A Broom (a wall print)
I was obsessed with this print that I would see in Samantha’s house, in the foyer I think (detail detail), and found this about a year...
Asian Paintings by Suzette in Shadow Box Frames
This is a set, a man and a woman. They are both in these fabulous shadow box frames. The original finish was a lighter (blonde) wood with ac...
Beads On Velvet Xmas Tree
This is the real deal, the genuine article. This lovely wall hanging is composed of beads, buttons, brooches, bits of colored broken glass a...
Pop Culture Kitsch
I keep her housed beside the Patridge Family board game and a dandy little book – “Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative” by Herber...
Keane Sad-Eye Kids (also known as Waif or Big Eyed)
These two pictures reside in my pink 50s poodle themed bathroom. For many years Margaret Keane was married to a man who claimed credit for w...
Retro Recycled
This is a wacky do-it-yourself project I picked up at a yard sale years ago. The pop-ish floral image is actually painted on the glass lens ...
GUARD DOG in VELVET
Peace Of Mind When Home Alone and Only For a Buck! I Call Her Kitti Kitti....