Stunning photos of art that people found by total accident
Sometimes you set out to create piece of art, and other times just come across it.
We have put together a list of times people came across some accidental art.
Artful Broken Clock
This person’s wall clock started to fall apart from the inside while still on the wall.
This picture makes it look like this is an abstract artist’s depiction of what they think about clocks
Wooden Cityscape
A woodworker had their piece of wood snap off on them earlier than they would have liked.
When they were going to clean it up, they realized that the broken piece of wood looked like it could be a cityscape.
This Honestly Wouldn’t Be Out Of Place In A Gallery
For some abstract art pieces, it’s not unheard of to use simple colors in interesting patterns while using a lot of negative spaces. If we were to hang this in a gallery, those are probably things an art critic would take note of whether they liked it or not.
However, it would also be a prank on the gallery if we did. As it turns out, this is just damaged drywall.
An Accident Leads To A Cute But Edgy Design
As Reddit user DrJamgo explained, this was the result of them chopping carrots and cutting their thumb pretty badly. Indeed, it must have been bad for it to bleed this heavily after the bandage has long been applied.
However, the uploader accidentally created a new character that looks like it could be the cute part of a Tim Burton movie or one of the little characters in the game Little Big Planet. As they put it, though, he’s still not happy.
Leftover Blackberry Juice
This picture started out as a container that was full of blackberries.
When they were going to clean the container out, they realized that the juice left quite the unique pattern.
Frozen In Time
This could be just a picture of some people sitting on a bench and standing on the sidewalk.
But it also looks like a beautiful modern picture that could hang in an art gallery somewhere.
Floral Frost
The bone-chilling temperatures in the winter can bring with them frost on all sorts of things.
The frost on this barbecue is in a very beautiful-looking floral design.
Smoke Elephant
The smoke in this room appears to look like a larger-than-life animal.
When the light hit the smoke from just the right angle, it looked like the outline of an elephant.
Abstract Pasta
You can look at this photo and see one of two things.
On one hand, you might see a big mess of spilled pasta. However, on the other hand, it could look like a very abstract piece of art.
Sand Masterpieces
The howling wind coming off of the lake blew away most of the sand but left these sculpture-like pieces on the beach.
They are bits of frozen sand that would not give way to the wind.
Rearview Sunset
The photographer started out wanting to take a picture of the horse and buggy that was passing by.
When they looked at their phone, they realized that they also captured a beautiful sunset in their rearview mirror.
Rolled-Up Paper
It is always the worst when you spill water over some papers that you needed.
They roll up and get all crinkly—which apparently can be seen as quite the abstract piece of art.
Kissing Collision
This vehicle was unfortunately involved in a collision which resulted in damage to the back of their car.
That damage looks exactly like two people kissing that should be in a framed picture.
Abstract Television
This television was dropped which resulted in the screen being severely damaged.
When the owners turned it on to look at the damage, they realized that they could use it as a piece of art.
Spilled Street Paint
It took a long time for the driver of this road painting truck to realize that there was a ton of paint leaking out the back.
It looks like someone cast a very wide paintbrush down the street.
Stained Pan
There are many things in life that, if you are not looking at them the right way, you might miss them.
Take this wok, for example, where you might miss the stain that looks like a human eye if you were not looking closely.
Balancing Act
This case of roses was beginning to wilt so the person was going to throw them out.
They tried to pick all of them up, but some fell out and balanced on each other resulting in a very cool photo!
Spilled Paint
What happens when a truck loaded with gallons of paint tips over on the street?
The result is colorful paint everywhere. While it is a big mess, it’s quite picturesque.
Inked Masterpiece
This artist uses different colored ink to make their paintings.
They dab the excess ink off on this rag and when it was laid out to dry, it looked like a piece of art in itself.
Pancake Man
What do you do when you do not have enough pancake mix to make as many as you want?
You play around with the batter and when you flip it over you may just have a face like this.
Sheep Display
These sheep in a town in Ireland have decided to escape the rain by hiding in this bus shelter.
This looks like it could be some type of farm art display in the city.
Bean Wall
The grocery store employee who installed all of these cans of beans has extreme attention to detail.
Every one of them is facing forward. At a quick glance, you might even think that it is a painting.
Butterfly Chip
You never know what you are going to pull out of a bag of chips.
Before this person took a bite of this chip they noticed a hole that looks like a butterfly!
Tree Climbing Wall
A tree has decided that it wants to grow up and over this old stone wall.
The way this picture was taken it looks like a perfectly preserved old painting in the countryside.
Mustache Truck
A person was about to load the back of their truck with items when they noticed this design.
The airflow and sunlight had created a perfectly symmetrical mustache design on the bed of the truck.
Abstract Foam
A canister of foam had a very small and slow leak in it.
This picture captured as the foam was escaping could be seen by some as an abstract piece of art!
Window Painting
A person was looking out of their bathroom window when they realized something.
They took this picture because they thought that the trees out the window looked like a painting through the tempered glass.
Shovel Art
This plaster worker has been using the same scraper for a very long time.
At the end of the day, they noticed that the old hardened plaster looked like a winter painting.
Exploding Pen
Almost anything can be turned into a piece of art.
That is what happened in this office. A pen exploded on the wall, so they added a frame around it and call it a post-modern art interpretation.
Wall To The Sky
The wall of this courtyard features a rather large opening in it.
On a bright sunny day like the one featured in this picture, the opening looks like a picture hanging on the wall.
Climbing Cliff Bar
The packaging of this Cliff Bar lines up perfectly with the situation that the bar is in.
The climber on the packaging looks like they are reaching up to prevent the bar from falling.
Demolished Building
A building that has been abandoned for a number of years is getting ready to be demolished.
The different colors inside of the open building make this building look like a piece of art!
Onion Art
This person needed to stop and take a picture of the onion that they noticed in their taco.
The onion, zoomed-in, could look like an abstract piece of art.
The Smashed Television
The owner of this television is very unlucky as it has fallen and smashed.
When they picked it up they realized that the smashed screen created something that now looked like a piece of art.
Satellite Pretzel
This person found quite the find in their bag of mixed pretzels.
The pretzels had joined together and now looked like a satellite or maybe even a moose with antlers.
Soap Paintbrush
This painter uses the same bar of soap to clean their paintbrushes each day.
The way that the soap has worn down looks like its own piece of artwork with all of the different colors.
Abstract Potato
Growing food in your backyard is a very rewarding experience for people.
These backyard growers were rather surprised to pull a potato out of their garden and have it look this abstract!
Wall Of Notebooks
There is something about these notebooks on the store shelf that looks to use like it could be art!
Maybe it is all the different colors or the way that they are hanging on an angle.
The Melted Exit Sign
The exit sign in this building has become very hot and the plastic has melted.
The way it has melted and shrunk a little makes it look like a piece of art in a gallery!
Melted Scissors
A person working in a lab spilled some Gallium on this pair of scissors by accident.
Half of the scissors melted and created a rather cool piece of what some could say is art!
Frozen Hummingbird
This homeowner looked out and noticed what they thought might be a hummingbird at first glance.
A closer look found that it was not a hummingbird, but just water that had frozen to look like one.
Dual-Purpose Tunnel
This tunnel in Amsterdam is perfectly split down the middle.
One side is used for pedestrians to walk on and the other side is designed for cars. It’s a very picturesque sight.
