Mah gawd.

Someone was actually willing to go to court to claim credit for these? To stand up and paint one for the public record?

Well, I kind of like the one with the pug.

Did you see the prices?! One or two are nudging $30k!

I actually quite like some of the 60s ones, in a Tretchikoff kitschy kind of a way, but if I saw one at a jumble sale I'd be haggling down to 50p, tops.

ack, someone spent altogether too much time with troll dolls growing up

Troll dolls and big-eye paintings... MGL is bringing back parts of my early childhood, here.

(I kinda like the Siamese cat one.)

Oh good, I'm not the only one to admit there are a few there that are actually kinda nice.

I wonder if there's a big eye filter in photoshop and, if so, wouldn't that make for a truly awesome photo Friday?

Yeah, the troll dolls - the big eyes - it's all part of some strange plot. That I don't know about yet. ;-)

I wonder if there's a big eye filter in photoshop

In CS2 you can find it under Filter > Liquify > Bloat

I'm sure it's been in previous versions as well.

My grandmother used to have fabulous big-eyed children dressed as harlequins hanging at the shore house. My grandfather sold the house fully furnished and would not let me take them. (Or the paint-by-numbers Last Supper that hung in the dining room.)

The new owners razed the place with everything still in it.

*cries giant, juicy tear from puny little eye*