Today, one of my paintings was accepted into a local art gallery. It would've been a dream come true, had my "best friend" not submitted it under her own name and taken all the credit. FML
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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I turned in my best painting yet for a scholarship competition. For once in my life, I was actually proud of a piece I'd done. I ended up losing the scholarship to some dickface who'd basically just glued together some crap from the dollar store and called it conceptual art. FML
Today, my roommate asked for my opinion of her new painting. The same painting I hand-painted for over ten hours. She apparently thought it was a gift. She won't give it back. FML
Today, I found out that my art project, the one I've been working on for the last two weeks and the first piece I felt really comfortable about turning in, was stolen out of the art cupboard. FML
Today, I moved into my new apartment complex. I left some items including a cherished painting my best friend made for me outside the front door while I moved furniture into my bedroom. When I went back outside, someone had kicked a huge hole in the painting. Welcome to the neighborhood. FML
Today, after months of hard work, planning, and preparation, I held the reception for my first art show at a gallery. Nobody showed up. FML
Today, my wife sold her first painting and was so proud of herself, until she found the buyer online and realized his YouTube page is full of videos where he paints over horrible art and turns it into good art. Her painting was on it, and yes, he visibly improved it and yes, my wife is raging at me. FML
Today, it was my first big time art show. To celebrate I went out to lunch with some people whose work was also there. When we got back, police were everywhere. Someone had broken in and stolen all of the art. All except mine. Even burglars don't want my art. FML
Today, I finished a painting I'd spent 3 weeks working on for an exhibition. When I came back from lunch, my cat was perched above it on my desk. He looked at me, then down at the painting, then jumped down onto it. He slipped and smeared the wet paint everywhere, ruining the whole thing. FML
Today, I spent the whole night and day painting a portrait of my girlfriend. Being proud of it, I sent it to her hoping she would appreciate it. I spent hours working on that picture only for her to reply with, "That's not me, is it?" FML
Today, I lost an art contest to some talentless arsepipe whose piece was literally just a broken heart crudely drawn in her own blood. FML
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peasonearth 8
You've got a shitty best friend there. Did you not sign your painting?
lilhellian 27
This is a case where you can sue.. She already showed she is a bitch and not a real friend..
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StanSmith2013 26
Just do what all the giants do, legal battle ;)
vilesiren 6
Some damn friend! Don't stand for that!
perdix 31
Look on the bright side: your best friend thinks your work is great. You've got your first fan! Maybe the two of you could team up and you let her market your work. You have painting talent and she's a master in the art of selling. It's win-win! Worked for Cyrano de Bergerac.
Lizza330 28
If I were you I would go there with some of your art and tell them that she stole it, and then get the police involved.
UMadBro_87 3
That's crap, but if you really are talented, then I'm sure you will be able to get another one displayed at some point.
SoylentCandycorn 10
Nice sentiment, but there is absolutely no way OP should take this lying down. To OP's best friend: I really hope the five minutes hanging in a gallery was worth the amount of damage you're probably going to end up doing to your reputation.
CheckMyProfile 17
put some rat glue on her sleeping pillow would teach her / him.
mistercrow 9
2 wrongs don't make a right, darlin'
Zebediabolical 45
But three lefts do!
TheNastyCat 7
Perhaps, so this never happens again, you should film yourself painting it, like some people do, that post them painting paintings on YouTube, you know? That way, you have valid proof you painted said painting, even if you didn't put your name on it. Just a thought.
Vinnie500 14
Just have the art gallery manager sit you both down and discuss the painting in detail. The truth will come out
ohjoy15 33
Maybe I'm understanding this wrong, but what was your friend doing with the original painting in the first place? Did you give it to her as a gift or did she steal it? I'm sorry OP, Hopefully something will be done. Hope you teach that bitch an art lesson: never to steal credit from you. ever.
BeachGirl27 23
You DO mean former friend don't you? I'd probably turn up at the art gallery with similar paintings I'd done to prove to the manager that it was in fact my work of art (if I were you).