Should I bin my friend's art?

Gladys just won't go down without a fight 😂
Get that legless witch outta here!!

This one needs some strategy and planning. A wannabee artist with no following and no one who wants her pictures?

You just have to be brutal and say,

"Sorry Jane, but there is no way I can display a friend's art work. My kids were a bit upset at the last home, when I wouldn't hang their pictures on the walls. Sorry, but for the past couple of years, I've only put up your picture when you visited."

How have you not only commented on a thread that's over a month old but also missed the pages and pages clearly saying the photo posted was from the TV show Friends and not even posted by the OP 🤣🤣🤣

It’s enough to give you nightmares. Bloody hideous. Bin it, burn it, get rid!!

I know I’m in the minority here but donate it right before the move, if your friend asks about it, just say it must have been misplaced in the move. If you don’t want her to replace it, get something else or just tell her you don’t have space for another one.

Exactly this.
100% hang it in a room she wouldn’t go in other than when you initially ‘show her round’ the new house!

Yes, actually on thinking about it this is a great idea- hang in bedroom, show her round new house then when she's gone remove it and put it in storage. Noone pokes around in their friends bedroom when they visit. Or, you could even just put it in the bedroom without hanging it and say you're going to hang it in there when you've got settled properly in the new house and point out the wall you intend it to go on.

Exactly this.
100% hang it in a room she wouldn’t go in other than when you initially ‘show her round’ the new house!

Yikes!

Didn't read all the posts, but can you leave it in the old property? If she mentions it, then you can say the removal company must have missed it? New owners or tenant disposes of it for you. Although you do run the risk of her making another. Depending on the size can you put it in guest room/guest bathroom so you rarely have to see it

I have the same problem. Picture gifted by my sister. It's just not me it's in a bedroom. It annoys me slightly whenever I see it. I paint too but I have never given them to anyone unless they asked. 1 I don't think they are good enough and 2 art is so subjective. It's a terrible picture tho!! Scary

Whatever you do, do not say it got damaged during the move. She'll either gift you a new one and you'll feel forever obliged to hang it, or she'll ask for the damaged piece - including that frame - to try to fix it. A waste of her time and a lifetime of anguish for you.

Def keep it cos if you say it got damaged or lost you may get another one lol. 🎨 🖼

I think you have a good opportunity to get rid of the painting as your moving so you could tell her that it got badly damaged during the move, if she then says she'll do another one tell her no as you wouldn't want it to happen again.

Can you tell her that you have a friend/relative who really likes it and as you don't really have the space for it in your new place would she mind if you gave it to said freind/relative. Then either store or bin it? Telling her that someone else really loves it will make her feel good.

You can buy reversible frames.

@MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique 😂

Is this it, OP? I agree that it's hideous and so amateurish; but I can see why you'd want to keep the lovely frame and re-use it for a better painting.

No.
Still isn't stopping umpteen people posting as if she had.
I've never known a thread like this one for the sheer number of confused posters. It's downright weird. 😕

Has the OP posted an actual photo now then?

Sorry but its awful, and understand why you dont want it on show, spare bedroom and show her once than put away, she may not even ask after you move.
Good luck

She seems quite attached to it, so couldn't you just give it back to her? Just say you don't have room for it in the new house / it won't fit with the colour scheme; There are lots of good reasons why people don't hang paintings up on their walls: I inherited some paintings that I would love to put up, but I don't have room and they are currently just sitting around all over the place, which is a genuine shame

You're going to have to steer this one.

The children never notice when we bin their art. Although with children, they're really happy when you fridge magnet it to a fridge.

They never seem to notice when you bin it, because you're too busy coo-ing over their next delight.

Your friend is obviously needy and has been raised by parents like me.

Let the picture disappear.

Put the replacement picture (if there is one) in the downstairs toilet.

Just say, it didn't fit anywhere else and everyone can see it in the downstairs loo.

If she paints another one, hang it alongside the other in the downstairs toilet.

Don't get diarhoea.

Find more - or less - artistic friends. The arty ones are not working out for you.

I think I'd say, I fancied a change in decor in the new house. So a few things have gone into the loft. You can bin it but don't keep the frame, because then she'll know.

Return it to her and truthfully say you love the sentiment but it just isn't for you. Destroying or throwing away something someone took a long time, effort and love making is unnecessary.

I immediately thought of Gladys and Gwyneth from Friends, but it seems like many posters haven't.

In fact, far too many don't bother RTFT.

Here's the clip to Gladys' first appearance.