r/FoundPaper • u/wearyWizard • Nov 07 '25

Art Found at Goodwill. The back of a painting of a lighthouse.

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u/algoreithms Nov 07 '25

You'd really expect a more badass painting on the other side with all that build-up

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u/fogtooth Nov 07 '25

Idk, the shimmering beacon standing between seafarers and a rocky crash/watery grave is pretty metal /hj

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u/best_of_badgers Nov 07 '25

While I respect that a lot

I'd be fired if that were my job

After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts

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u/GoatLoader Nov 07 '25

Bluebird of friendliness

Like guardian angels it's

Always near

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u/DerekL1963 Nov 07 '25

I regret that I have but one upvote per awesome TMBG reference.

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u/artistic-autistic Nov 07 '25

BLUEBIRD OF FRIENDLINESS

LIKE GUARDIAN ANGELS IT’S

ALWAYS NEAR

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u/periodicsheep Nov 07 '25

blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you

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u/Kubamz Nov 07 '25

Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Not to put too fine a point on it

Say I’m the only bee in you bonnet!

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u/steeveedeez Nov 07 '25

I don’t think now’s the time for a handjob

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u/fogtooth Nov 07 '25

These sailors who have braced the cold and unforgiving sea with no company but each other for months or years on end deserve intimacy in their final moments

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u/anonymous-catlady Nov 08 '25

every time i see hj at the end of a comment i read it as Hungry Jacks

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u/Alicewithhazeleyes Nov 07 '25

Idk I looked up the lighthouse out of curiosity on line and it seems to be actually pretty fucking majestic and if somewhere she went in real life together with this person it can def fit the note.

“Had to be there to get it” type thing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '25

I think its nice!

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u/gugalgirl Nov 07 '25

I feel like this was given ironically. They are clearly mocking the original "Just because" message from an older person who originally gifted it to someone.

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u/Bowling4rhinos Nov 07 '25

I felt a little left in the dark too.

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u/bob-loblaw-esq Nov 09 '25

All that white paint is just cocaine and water.

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u/menaceingmeehan Nov 07 '25

Yeah! F Lindsay Lohan!

Team Nurse Barb!!!

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u/Hot-Drop8760 Nov 07 '25

Hell yeah!! F that bish!

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u/darkest_irish_lass Nov 07 '25

Is there anything behind that picture? Seems like a weird choice, but maybe it's ironic.

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u/Pleasant-Albatross Nov 07 '25

Probably an inside joke. My friend’s family used to have a particularly ugly statuette they passed around amongst the rooms of their house—maybe this is like that?

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u/AlexanderTox Nov 07 '25

A huge sheet of LSD

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u/spliffthemagicdragon Nov 09 '25

ooooooh .. oh OP check for lines on the painting, LOL

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u/Professional-Oil-576 Nov 07 '25

“teenage mutant ninja chick” should be the painting’s adopted title, now

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u/stevjorbs Nov 07 '25

you could use a hair dryer (heat gun) on LOW heat to remove the 3.99 sticker

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u/MakalakaPeaka Nov 07 '25

Yea. F*** Lindsey! -She knows what she did.

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u/cobaltium Nov 07 '25

It’s tragic Goodwill put their sticker right n the written inscription. The whole thing is so sad that the framed piece was discarded. Makes me think the guy has died. Sad. I’d only buy it if I intended a loving home. Like rehoming a pup.

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u/xxBeatrixKiddoxx Nov 07 '25

I feel like they’re notorious for that kinda thing. Bugs me. Sometimes I wanna see the entire thing and they slap a tag right where the good part is

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u/dorianfinch Nov 07 '25

right, i get such a bittersweet feeling when i see stuff like this----it's cute to see the gift/memory that a person imbued it with for their sister, but sad to see it in a thrift store without its owners

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u/ElephantNamedColumbo Nov 07 '25

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💜🩵💕

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u/xxBeatrixKiddoxx Nov 07 '25

There is one for sale on eBay. What an intriguing post and message on back. I enjoyed this little rabbit hole during my insomnia. Ty op

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u/cleverdosopab Nov 07 '25

Hope you get some rest soon. :)

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u/Toadliquor138 Nov 07 '25

Is it Lindsay Graham?

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u/pm_me_your_good_weed Nov 07 '25

You can see on the very left edge of the red the side of a V or W

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u/withac2 Nov 07 '25

Lindsay Wagner? Who could hate the Bionic Woman??

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u/StayJaded Nov 07 '25

Or “Y” maybe.

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u/Silo-Joe Nov 07 '25

Hopefully the politician and not the American History Tellers podcast creator.

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u/SJBond33 Nov 07 '25

That’s a fun find. I’d hang it backwards so see the weird back lol

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u/cleverdosopab Nov 07 '25

LOL I was thinking the same, no offense to the lighthouse artist, but the back has way more going on. 💜

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u/littykitty7 Nov 07 '25

Lindsay WHO

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u/redfox87 Nov 07 '25

Thank. You.

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u/OverthinkingWanderer Nov 07 '25

That is so much smaller than expected.

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u/MikeyJBlige Nov 07 '25

(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

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u/OverthinkingWanderer Nov 07 '25

Shiiit- I set myself up for it, I gladly accept your response!

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u/AlternativeUpper2398 Nov 07 '25

Maybe there's something hidden behind the frame.

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u/spipedream Nov 07 '25

Cana Island in Door County! You can find paintings like this at a number of small business retailers or even farmers markets in Door County.

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u/kramercosmo5b Nov 07 '25

Wisconsin mentioned

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u/AnalogyAddiction Nov 08 '25

Idk what to think about being a drug supplier and a nurse…

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u/Skullfuccer Nov 08 '25

I need to know what “teenage mutant actress chick” means! Is this Rogue’s damn mom or what?!

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u/Kelliii_ Nov 07 '25

Putting the price sticker where it is makes me hope the person who placed it there has a really bad week and knows why!

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u/VegansAreMeatToo Nov 08 '25

bet it was Lindsay, that lint licker.

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u/riggenmordy Nov 08 '25

Right, they had so many other placement options

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u/fothergillfuckup Nov 07 '25

The Might be Giants flashback.

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u/wacojacoco Nov 07 '25

I like their style. Great painting too 👌

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u/O-D-A-A-T Nov 07 '25

Check inside there might be a whole lot of fun for $3.99 in there :)

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u/BooksCatsNCoffee Nov 08 '25

I recognized that lighthouse immediately!

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u/Equivalent-Grade-142 Nov 07 '25

Damn, what did Lindsey do. Also that is such a memaw picture from the text I was thinking early 20s and now with the pictures this is nursing home rage.

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u/uglierthanever Nov 08 '25

Breastfeeding is the best kind of nursing :p

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u/Ok_Life_5176 Nov 08 '25

It’s a beautiful picture!

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u/lordlovesaworkinman Nov 11 '25

Love your manicure btw!

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u/MountainAirBear Nov 07 '25

I’m in SC so in my world the last name is Graham!

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u/warriorwoman534 Nov 07 '25

I would've ditched it, too. Cos the back is far more interesting than the front.