More and more, we aren't recognizing artists for what they're painting -- we're freaking out about what artists are painting on. A framed masterpiece is nice, but a grizzly bear you painted on a turkey feather is sweet. To further accentuate the distinction between a traditional canvas and a ZOMG evoking stand-in, we've curated an exhibit of sorts of our 15 Favorite Painted Things. Hands, teeth, coffins and guns, television sets etc. -- prepare the FW e-mail, you guys.

Painted Cats

  • Geniuses Responsible - Burton Silver and Heather Busch, authors of Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics
  • Boo Cuz - Says one book critic, "I thought the pictures were hideous ... Cats with their natural colours are beautiful in themselves."
  • Cheer Cuz - Purple cats + all the other colors in the rainbow x America = awesome? (And yes, some are obviously Photoshopped.)