Unwanted Paintings Become Playground for Pop Culture Characters

Adding pop culture icons to anything attracts interest like flies to honey and no one is more aware of this than David Irvine. The multi-talented Canadian artist behind The Gnarled Branch has made a business out of painting on different mediums from furniture to Christmas ornaments and even on exiting paintings on canvas. Re-directed Art consists of thrift store finds, garbage dump saves, and yard sale purchases of unwanted paintings revitalized into playgrounds of famous pop culture characters. Oftentimes, he adapts his technique to fit the one applied to the original artwork in terms of brushstrokes, lighting, and coloring and always signs the finished product in addition to the original artist’s. From the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man Overtaking the Streets of Paris to a lone Stormtrooper casually mowing the lawn, Irvine’s reimagined renditions of everyday scenes inject life into otherwise humdrum paintings. One of a kind pieces can be purchased from his Etsy shop while prints are available here.

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