She's Always Watching (Patreon)
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This print is probably the closest thing I have to a legitimately cursed object in my house. A little background - some friends of mine put on a mini Burning Man each September where we go set up camp in the middle of nowhere, build giant wooden structures, and then burn them down a couple days later. This painting was intended to go up in one of those fires several years ago. It belonged to my friend's grandma, and he always hated it because it freaked him out when he was a kid, but it was intercepted and spared a fiery death by another camper who wanted it for their house. The reprieve only lasted a few years until that camper got married and was moving in with his wife, who absolutely refused to let him bring it with him. It would have been headed for the dumpster, but I was helping him move that day and it came home with me instead. "Cursed" might not be the right word since (as far as I can tell) nothing bad happens to the owner, but it definitely has a surprisingly strong will to survive.
The "Chinese Girl" (or "Green Lady") was also one of the most mass produced prints of the last century, which, now that I'm writing all this about its will to survive, is actually kind of creeping me out.
EDIT: Here's a link with some more info about the painting: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/chinese-girl-the-mona-lisa-of-kitsch-8537467.html