Amazing Whiteboard Remakes of Famous Paintings

Office cubicles aren’t known for inspiring creativity. In fact, they have a reputation for doing just the opposite. But working in a confined space doesn’t always have to be stifling. Meet Bill Taylor, a data manager in Durham, North Carolina who recreates iconic works of art on a whiteboard in his cube. He spends only two to five minutes per day on his drawings, taking roughly six weeks to finish each piece — and then he leave it up for a day or two, photographs the finished product, wipes the board clean, and gets to work on his next masterpiece. “[T]here’s something about doing it this way that forces me to be patient, something I could always use more practice with,” Taylor told the Telegraph. Click through to see some of our favorite whiteboard paintings, and then visit Taylor’s website to peruse the entire collection.


Roy Lichtenstein, In the Car. Image credit: Bill Taylor [Spotted via Designboom]

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I'm looking at a replication of the 'The Great Wave Off Kanagawa'. In dry-erase marker. Done on a whiteboard, over a period of less than three months. I couldn't do it, and I call it amazing. I'm happy to know about it, so I call it buzzworthy. But hell, maybe I'm just easily amused.

So what? He COPIED an image. Why is this news or art worthy?

VIEW AS SINGLE PAGE?! HELL YES. Thank you, Flavor-peeps.