A shivering local artist in North Carolina ran to the thrift store to get a sweater during an outdoor showing of her artwork.

While there, she spied 2 large paintings for $10, perfect items to paint over and thus save herself the expensive cost of wholesale canvas.

What she didn't know at the time was the origin of the bright abstract art, and how much money she would lose if she did lay brush strokes of her cat paintings on top.

(READ the story in the Charlotte Observer)