Five Dollar Art Treasures: Mother's Day Edition

When a marshmallow catches fire you have to hurry to blow out the flame or you will be eating a cinder. Nikkijbeer says the creative process is just as fleeting. The dark streaks of wet-blended acrylics in this painting speak of impatience; no time to sit around and wait for paint to dry, the art is happening NOW! Could it be a lab? Could it not be an un-lab? This is a dog born of our inner desires, our id hound, barking to hold the fragile sweets too close to the fire or to soar, like Icarus, high enough to touch the sun/Frisbee. Compared to other paintings this bargain comes with twice as much paint on the canvas.

An excellent choice for moms who want a great big "E" on their wall but reject accepted semiotics in favor of organic, post-social structuralism. Very understated use of color. May attract eldar to nearby electrical outlets.

The great lie of Social Security is gutted in this daring political observation from boomer_art_couple. Faceless (robbed of their face) seniors walk with their backs to the audience. They are dressed similarly (uniformity/conformity) and they clasp together their clamp-like fingerless appendages. Literally nothing awaits them, they have no future thanks to the ballooning of deficits and the increasingly old population of the developed world. Great for reminding mom that her life's journey will almost surely end with years of unskilled labor and destitution.

Nagas with rosacea (or NWR) loom up from the midnight blue like the feline fundaments of hellish abyssal worms searching for nourishment somewhere in the depths of your nightmares. The florid crudeness of the painting lends the horror a folksiness perfect for the country mom with severe dissociative disorder and an abject fear of cats. For added effect, tell her this is a painting of her dead cats whether or not she has ever had cats.

This unusual rendering of St. John's baptism at the hands of Christ casts the audience as an intruder on a very intimate moment. Jesus appears ready to jump at the interloper, but Sinjun holds him back with a hand on Christ's matronly breast. The heavy reliance on browns creates a foundation of realism for this Biblical event and the inclusion of a tree in the background reminds us that plants have existed for over 2,000 years. Excellent for moms who are easily overwhelmed by visual details.