DIY recovery: Bad art, good location

Early in my DIY career, I tried to create my own abstract art. I was hoping for something cool like this:


Or this:

How hard can it be, right? I made my own canvas with a homemade wood frame and free fabric. I used acrylic paint and watered-down Elmer's glue as a substitute for gesso.


I hung it proudly for a few weeks and finally replaced it with a mirror after too many friends asked why I hadn't finished it. Also, to be quite frank, it was really bad.

The other day I went looking for it intending to recover the frame with my all-purpose free white vinyl and draw something like this with a marker:


But once up on the wall, it didn't look so bad. If I'm wrong about this, don't tell me.