I guess it’s truth in advertising. I think it takes a few hundred paintings to get any good at painting. It looks like this person must be on painting #5.
He describes his work as “Indie rock kid art”. I’m not sure which adjective belongs to which verb in that fragment, but apparently the best subject for “indie rock kid art” (next to the swearing horse) is the giant squid. A very repetitive giant squid.
“A Portrait of a Horse As a Young Man” If someone could explain to me what this means, I will forever be in your debt. I mean, shit. Oh, hey! I think I get it now!
It’s obvious that the artist ran out of the green provided in the paint-by-numbers set, and had a bunch of orange left over. So he or she expressed his or her frustration with the lack of planning at the paint-by-numbers-kit plant and also covered over some spots of bare canvas at the same time.
Assuming the artist didn’t take a current portrait, then pain “SHIT” on it in orange and submit it here to get it sold.
Remember those word/picture puzzles people gave out as a kid?
The word shit should come under the horse’s head.. then it would be an accurate description. “Horse Shit”.
Oh.. and I love how they spelled Original as Orginal.. Or were they spelling it that way cause the horse was in the middle of a barnyard orgy at the time.. hence the anime-ish excitement lines in the background and the look of surprise on the horse’s face???
#24 Bean:
A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And horses will never talk shit, of course
That is, of course, unless the horse expresses himself openly.
That looks like something my 9 year old nephew would paint…minus the SHIT because he’s a good boy (unlike his auntie- who is not a good boy) Seriously with 5 nieces and nephews I could be in etsy hog heaven if I could get my mitts on pictures they’ve drawn…just come up with a self important title and an even more self important description and charge a buttload and I’m rich biatch!
“to edit an image using a computer program,” 1992, originally in ref. to Photoshop, a bitmap graphics editor trademarked and published by Adobe, released in 1990.
SERIOUS LOL
i just came back from a very long, shitty school day and saw THIS. if i knew that everyday i would be coming home to this hanging in my room, i think everything would turn out ok.
#48 you work for Adobe don’t you?
Photoshop is widely used as a verb. Much like google, which as of 2006 was officially added to the oxford dictionary. :p
I have to say it, I love it. It seems I often disagree about the ‘bad’ art that makes it onto this blog. Of course, that could explain why I hardly sell any myself!
#81 quantuminsanity : No. I’m in no way affiliated with Adobe… But I am a photographer and an art director “You can just photoshop that, right?’ Guess how many frikin’ times I hear that in a day? Yes, I know it’s a futile battle, but one that needs to be fought just the same. Curse you David Blatner and your spawn. No disrespect to you Helen, or my fellow regresyers…
November 18, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Shouldn’t that be as a young horse? This confuses me
November 18, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Love the image in the room, haha!
November 18, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Ah, truth in advertising…
November 18, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I don’t know what’s better about the view in a room. The fact that it’s story time or that the teacher is reading an effing Twilight book to the tots.
November 18, 2009 at 2:17 pm
This totally brightened my day.
November 18, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I couldn’t have said it better. I like “expressive” art.
November 18, 2009 at 2:18 pm
He’s probably getting his first de-beaning.
Horse beans – look it up horse fans, you won’t be disappointed.
I hate bloody horses, even foul mouthed ones.
November 18, 2009 at 2:18 pm
so the big red four letter word on the painting is like a description? Aaah now I get it!
Shit indeed
November 18, 2009 at 2:26 pm
the Twilight cover is fake, the front is Twilight but the back is the chess piece from Breaking Dawn.
yes, i know these things.
November 18, 2009 at 2:27 pm
H is for HorseShit
November 18, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I guess it’s truth in advertising. I think it takes a few hundred paintings to get any good at painting. It looks like this person must be on painting #5.
November 18, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Horses don’t talk. Silly goose.
November 18, 2009 at 2:29 pm
“Ready to hang?”
Hanging’s too good for it.
November 18, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Wait wait! This is one of those pictogram teasers, right? Horse under shit?
November 18, 2009 at 2:30 pm
latebloomer, indeed.
He describes his work as “Indie rock kid art”. I’m not sure which adjective belongs to which verb in that fragment, but apparently the best subject for “indie rock kid art” (next to the swearing horse) is the giant squid. A very repetitive giant squid.
November 18, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Wow, I never saw that episode of Mr. Ed.
November 18, 2009 at 2:31 pm
i don’t think anyone actually believed that the Twilight cover wasn’t photoshopped in.
November 18, 2009 at 2:32 pm
WAIT! I’VE GOT IT! The horse is under a CURSE!
November 18, 2009 at 2:35 pm
@ #16 Stingray Charles…LOL
yeah…Mr. Ed is talkin’ shit!
November 18, 2009 at 2:38 pm
It needs a giant vulva in the background
November 18, 2009 at 2:40 pm
@ #20 Dynomoose:
yes…with a vulva they can change the word to FUCK.
November 18, 2009 at 2:43 pm
#19 Bean: Yeah, let’s hang him!
November 18, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Smegma. Awesome.
November 18, 2009 at 2:49 pm
a horse is a horse of course of course…(and so on)
November 18, 2009 at 2:56 pm
“A Portrait of a Horse As a Young Man” If someone could explain to me what this means, I will forever be in your debt. I mean, shit. Oh, hey! I think I get it now!
November 18, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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November 18, 2009 at 3:07 pm
It’s obvious that the artist ran out of the green provided in the paint-by-numbers set, and had a bunch of orange left over. So he or she expressed his or her frustration with the lack of planning at the paint-by-numbers-kit plant and also covered over some spots of bare canvas at the same time.
Assuming the artist didn’t take a current portrait, then pain “SHIT” on it in orange and submit it here to get it sold.
November 18, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I just showed it to my husband and he said: “what a load of pretentious art bollocks!” (made me laugh)
November 18, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I love this! I WANT!!!!! (if the MOBA doesn’t nab it first)
November 18, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I’m so amused that one buyer’s comment was “Definitely worth the small amount I paid for it!” Was this intended as a compliment?
November 18, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I have it on good authority that it’s not just horses that suffer from Tourettes.
Elephants are prone to outbursts that contain such filth it would make a pig’s tail curl.
TITWANKSHITTERY
November 18, 2009 at 3:19 pm
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November 18, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Photoshop!!
By the way, there are three Photoshops in this picture.
CAN YOU FIND THEM ALL?
November 18, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Remember those word/picture puzzles people gave out as a kid?
The word shit should come under the horse’s head.. then it would be an accurate description. “Horse Shit”.
Oh.. and I love how they spelled Original as Orginal.. Or were they spelling it that way cause the horse was in the middle of a barnyard orgy at the time.. hence the anime-ish excitement lines in the background and the look of surprise on the horse’s face???
November 18, 2009 at 3:25 pm
This is the weirdest James Joyce reference I’ve ever encountered.
November 18, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Is it that poster in the background? Can’t read it though.
November 18, 2009 at 3:35 pm
is it one of the kids…they all look strangely ‘stepford’ to me???
November 18, 2009 at 3:40 pm
#24 Bean:
A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And horses will never talk shit, of course
That is, of course, unless the horse expresses himself openly.
November 18, 2009 at 3:41 pm
You’ve photoshopped the twilight book into that photo haven’t you? Haven’t you…? Please tell me you have…
November 18, 2009 at 3:42 pm
oh haha now I see your comment above. I assume the three photoshops are the book, the painting, and the ‘magnicifent’ poster.
November 18, 2009 at 3:42 pm
http://www.regretsy.com/2009/10/27/covno-me/
baha
Helen, stop making the kids think they’re special.
November 18, 2009 at 3:44 pm
the horse is better looking than the teacher!
November 18, 2009 at 3:47 pm
I’m so proud of all of you.
By the way, we’re up to $36.
November 18, 2009 at 3:47 pm
That looks like something my 9 year old nephew would paint…minus the SHIT because he’s a good boy (unlike his auntie- who is not a good boy) Seriously with 5 nieces and nephews I could be in etsy hog heaven if I could get my mitts on pictures they’ve drawn…just come up with a self important title and an even more self important description and charge a buttload and I’m rich biatch!
November 18, 2009 at 3:53 pm
One of the tags is “children.”
November 18, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Genius, pure genius.
I’m referring to Helen and all of you other funny people, obviously. The picture is a bunch of manure!
November 18, 2009 at 3:55 pm
awww – I thought I was gonna be the the first to spot the poster…. darn it… maybe I’ll console myself with some impulse bidding..
November 18, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Photoshop is not a verb.
November 18, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Sure it is.
November 18, 2009 at 4:02 pm
What a steal at only $130!!
November 18, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Hey, #35, you cheat; you get to make bold text in your comments.
November 18, 2009 at 4:05 pm
No… Photoshop is a image editing program.
November 18, 2009 at 4:06 pm
haha – $41…
November 18, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Probably worried squirrel blood lady is going to expand her oeuvre.
November 18, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Doesn’t oeuvre mean egg? Or am I thinking about something else?
November 18, 2009 at 4:14 pm
I found the photoshops.
1. obviously the painting is photoshopped in.
2. the book
3. you removed the paperbag from the teachers head.
November 18, 2009 at 4:15 pm
It sold.
November 18, 2009 at 4:16 pm
SHIT!
November 18, 2009 at 4:18 pm
darn it! Was going to buy for DH…
November 18, 2009 at 4:21 pm
wait false alarm. however a copy of it sold in april.
November 18, 2009 at 4:22 pm
#60, Somebody spent their tax refund on this gem.
November 18, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Helen, did you also photoshop sheer disinterest into those children’s faces? Because if you did that is quality work ma’am
November 18, 2009 at 4:23 pm
jeffreyrcarey- a well funded idiot is still an idiot
November 18, 2009 at 4:24 pm
The paper bag comment made me laugh and laugh.
November 18, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Put… back… the… bag.
November 18, 2009 at 4:31 pm
good, I aim to please
November 18, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Helen needs to do a type of “Where’s Waldo” pic with this called “Where’s the Shitty Horse”.
November 18, 2009 at 4:31 pm
NinjaGato – Indeed. Although, could be deductible as an educational expense for next year.
November 18, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I see a Regretsy children’s book in the Helen’s future.
Fugly preschool teachers worldwide could read snarky comments to disinterested students.
November 18, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I love this painting so much. Just need to move that decimal one over to the left – and it would be mine all mine. sh*t is right!
Twilight is an awesome touch too – signed, Jacob loves cougars
November 18, 2009 at 4:45 pm
From Dictionary.com:
photoshop (v.)
“to edit an image using a computer program,” 1992, originally in ref. to Photoshop, a bitmap graphics editor trademarked and published by Adobe, released in 1990.
November 18, 2009 at 4:49 pm
I would totally buy this is it weren’t $130.
November 18, 2009 at 4:54 pm
oeuvre means artwork but also the work you did. Like the work of a whole life.
Egg: oeuf
November 18, 2009 at 5:10 pm
@ #29 Efit and #72 GoldieHawn
Me too!! I want this, I have horses that’s what they do – shit all the time and they make me say “shit” plus other select words.
Ahhh if only it wasn’t $130 bucks, it would be hanging in my office down in the barn! Maybe they would trade some jewelry for it.
November 18, 2009 at 5:15 pm
#71 Lexiii : SHIT!
November 18, 2009 at 5:16 pm
@#73 – cheers – I knew I couldn’t be right…
November 18, 2009 at 5:41 pm
JUST saw the teacher’s book. WHAAAAAAH!
November 18, 2009 at 7:04 pm
I love honesty in art.
November 18, 2009 at 7:05 pm
I hope along with everyone else that the twilight book is PS’d in! Along with the magnicifant picture and the painting. =)
November 18, 2009 at 7:27 pm
SERIOUS LOL
i just came back from a very long, shitty school day and saw THIS. if i knew that everyday i would be coming home to this hanging in my room, i think everything would turn out ok.
November 18, 2009 at 7:31 pm
#48 you work for Adobe don’t you?
Photoshop is widely used as a verb. Much like google, which as of 2006 was officially added to the oxford dictionary. :p
November 18, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I find the fact that the same person can both know James Joyce and paint this incomprehensible
November 18, 2009 at 8:59 pm
It’s one inch thick.
November 18, 2009 at 9:19 pm
doesnt anyone else find it odd that golda meier is reading to these kids? http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/barry/gb9.jpg
November 18, 2009 at 9:31 pm
it looks like the puppet in the far right is trying to leave the room….
November 19, 2009 at 2:02 am
i kinda love this.
November 19, 2009 at 6:06 am
Do young men who resemble horses usually express themselves by saying “SHIT”?
Is this supposed to represent his self-loathing or what?
November 19, 2009 at 6:26 am
Thank you for reminding me not to drink anything and click “View in a Room”.
Excuse me while I go get some paper towels and a new shirt.
November 19, 2009 at 6:54 am
Yes I argee with the artist this painting is SHIT.
November 19, 2009 at 8:41 am
not sure whats more disturbing, that picture in the room or that woman reading Twilight to those kids i hope you edited that in there.
November 19, 2009 at 9:23 am
HAHAHHAHHA that painting and the title of the painting are BRILLIANT.
November 19, 2009 at 9:30 am
I have to say it, I love it. It seems I often disagree about the ‘bad’ art that makes it onto this blog. Of course, that could explain why I hardly sell any myself!
November 19, 2009 at 11:42 am
Totally laughed out loud at #12.
November 19, 2009 at 12:36 pm
#81 quantuminsanity : No. I’m in no way affiliated with Adobe… But I am a photographer and an art director “You can just photoshop that, right?’ Guess how many frikin’ times I hear that in a day? Yes, I know it’s a futile battle, but one that needs to be fought just the same. Curse you David Blatner and your spawn. No disrespect to you Helen, or my fellow regresyers…
November 19, 2009 at 2:29 pm
End of rant…
November 19, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Hug
November 19, 2009 at 4:15 pm
#92: So you would pay $130 for that? o.O
November 19, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I wish I had 130$ for this. I mean. I really wish I did. DOES SHE SELL PRINTS?! My sister would fucking love this!
November 19, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Glad to hear this sold. Now it’s ready to be hung like a horse.
November 20, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Where do people get these ideas??
November 20, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Oh Lordy – put that ugly thing out to pasture.
November 21, 2009 at 12:22 am
Oh, my god…
This nearly made me piss my pants.
Thanks.
: D
November 24, 2009 at 12:39 am
I think I want to own this. What is wrong with me?
November 24, 2009 at 10:11 pm
This painting expresses my feelings about James Joyce perfectly.
November 27, 2009 at 8:59 pm
$130.00 sounds like a bunch of horse shit to me.
November 28, 2009 at 8:01 am
Mayhaps the Horse was looking at glue bottles and expresssing his feelings?
December 1, 2009 at 11:57 am
Seriously I have to get this
and carry it around
February 6, 2011 at 7:02 pm
OMG this is my absolute favourite regretsy piece. I fell off my chair laughing, I love where it says ‘openly expressing himself’. Fuckin hilarious
March 16, 2011 at 11:39 am
I busted out laughing so loud at this painting that my boss thought I was crying.
April 23, 2011 at 12:13 am
The painting says it better than I ever could.
May 14, 2011 at 3:19 am
Did he paint it with his shit? I guess this is where he got the brown colour from..
May 31, 2011 at 7:17 pm
@sorgenette – I still don’t get it. What the heck is it supposed to mean?
June 13, 2011 at 1:43 pm
So do young horses swear? Do young people swear? I don’t get what this is trying to say at all!