![]() Willey grabbed the painting for Theroux, who paid him $300 dollars for it. Sold long ago, the painting recently popped up at the Chinook Value Village store. “You kind of hear mythologies about things like this happening, and I just feel like it's kind of a rite of passage to see your stuff recycled. I was pleased that it hit the Value Village instead of a dumpster or even just getting painted over,” said Theroux. “A lot of people go through breakups, and they get rid of all their art, or just moving or downsizing. How does Theroux feel about his painting showing up in a thrift store? ![]() “Even though we didn't recognize this artist, we knew we had something special on our hands because of the reaction of our team. Everyone was commenting on how beautiful it was and how modern (it was),” said Parkin. “This was something really special that we're not used to seeing on that scale. Value Village production manager Sara Parkin says when the painting arrived at the store, staff could tell it was out of the ordinary. I was like, ‘Oh, that would have been such a fun find.’ And then I asked him if he'd pick it up for me, because I didn't want it to be sold in the next half an hour while we went to go retrieve the van.”Īt $249.99, the four-foot-by-four-foot painting was easily the most expensive item in the artwork area of the thrift store. “I was thrilled, and I actually I kind of wished I was in his spot. The image showed the painting in the Chinook Value Village store, listed for $249.99. “Francis Willey, a photographer friend, sent me a picture of my painting … and wrote, ‘You're worth more than this,’” said Theroux.Ĭalgary artist Rich Theroux created the self-portrait six years ago. Then, in early October, as he was finishing up a mural under the LRT bridge on 10th Street, he got a call from a friend. Once it was sold there, Theroux thought there was no hope of finding it again. The woman who had purchased it for $500 subsequently donated it to a charity auction. “Then my publisher conspired with my wife to collect my poems and publish my poetry book, and put it on the cover of the book. The one of me was kind of left over and then I sold it,” said Theroux. “I was going to hold on to them, but I ended up trading the one of my son, and then I sold the one of my wife. Six years ago, Calgary artist Rich Theroux created a group of three paintings – a self-portrait, a painting of his wife and another of his son.
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