Famous paintings which emulate your real life's experience.....

[Globalti]

Me, after every ride:

 

[Globalti]

....and Lancashire County Council choose a Friday afternoon on a Bank Holiday weekend to repair the A56, my route home:

 

[perplexed]

Not a painting, but hopefully I can squeeze this in as a reflection of where my work-life balance is going at the moment...

 

[jefmcg]

Spoiler: Not suitable for work

 

[TVC]

Spoiler: Not suitable for work

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Is that because you are often left feeling a right ...

 

[rich p]

 

[smutchin]

@jefmcg You can imagine the hilarity on a group of 12yo kids seeing that picture on a school trip to the Louvre back in 1983...

 

[wheresthetorch]

 

[Spinney]

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One of my first thoughts when looking at that was, that bloke front left, how come he's still got his socks on when his trousers have fallen off?

What I'm supposed to be doing (except wrong sex!)

What I'd rather be doing:

What I'm actually doing:

 

[The Brewer]

I really really like that painting.

Just bought a Canvas print of it for Mrs B's birthday

 

[Hitchington]

Expulsion From Number 8 Eden Close - by Grayson Perry

Part of Grayson's "Rakes Progress" series of tapestries, this one in particular influenced by Masaccio's Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

... and beautify summarises my experience of escaping upper working class suburban hell to my acceptance into the metropolitan socialist/liberal elite of London, away from all the horrific scumbags.

 

[TVC]

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That one is just around the corner from the Mona Lisa. As the Mona Lisa is massively underwhelming when you see it for real, the Raft of the Medusa is hugely more stunning and captivating than you think it would be.

 

[User169]

I cycle through this most days..

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And.from 5 minutes ago...

 

[Stephen Piper]

One of Paul Nash's depictions of my commute

 

[Crackle]

I don't have one but this is @threebikesmcginty