***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – scroll down to see who won!***
The winner of this week’s giveaway can literally make that request. Because Swedish-born Virginia-based artist Erica Eriksdotter is giving away a commissioned painting worth up to $350. That’s right everyone, put on your fancy pants because soon you could be telling your friends smugly “oh yeah, that beautiful painting over there? I commissioned it.”
We really like the color in all of Erica’s work, and we love that our winner will be able to guide the color and design of their custom work to fit their home perfectly. You can even pick the best size for your space (from a 12 x 9″ up to 16 x 20″). Here’s how to enter:
- PRIZE: A commissioned painting from Studio Eriksdotter worth up to $350
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PAINT ME A PICTURE!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us about your favorite piece of one-of-a-kind artwork that you currently own. Maybe it’s a finger painting done by a kid in your life? Something you got on etsy? Or a drawing that you sketched yourself to fill some blank space?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, November 24th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States, Canada and Europe!
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here Thursday morning for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
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Not only do we have one winner, but everyone can get 10% off of anything from Studio Eriksdotter through Dec 9th. Use the code YOUNGHOUSELOVE for any stationery purchase in her Etsy shop or you can contact her directly for art inquiries.
And our very lucky winner (as selected by random.org) is… Ali Moore. Congrats!
Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just take them on to reward our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Studio Eriksdotter.
Aimee says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!
My favorite piece of art is actually the first “art” I ever purchased- it’s a photo of the three fates. I love it, and love that I got to support a student artist even more!
Lisa says
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My favorite art is photos I have taken!
Yarnie says
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I like to pick up artwork during my foreign travels and support the local artists. Favorite now is an oil canvas abstract of fishermen boats purchased in Hoi An, Vietnam.
Blanca A says
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My face painting is one my younger brother did in his junior year of high school. It’s a red rose, and it’s gorgeous. I can’t believe a boy did it :)
Sue says
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My favorite piece of artwork is an abstract painting of the Crucifixion that I saw at a shop in Savannah. I couldn’t get it out of my mind, so I ended up calling the shop and having it shipped to me in Florida.
Shannon M. says
Paint me a picture :)
Current favorite is a sketch of my grandparent’s home that was lost in a fire in the 1960’s. My dad discovered it in my grandmother’s things and had it framed and gifted it to me last year.
Sarah says
Paint me a picture! This would be awesome!
Karan says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”, please
My favorite art piece is a watercolor painted from a photo of my then 3 year old daughter showing her running happily and muddy and completely naked.
Deidra says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Sadly, I don’t have any great, one-of-a-kind artwork. But commissioning a piece of art has been on my to-do list since I realized even people without a trust fund could do it.
Nisha says
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Ali W says
Paint me a picture!
My fave wall art are four ceramic tiles that my partner and I made in our first ceramics class. Two years later, we’re throwing cups, bowls, plates and more.
Jennifer says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I love photos of my kids and their drawings.
Kat B says
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we have an overhead fan running in our bedroom at all times. In order to change the setting, there’s a pullstring and I wanted something sturdy affixed to it. I found an amazing periwinkle “sailboat” made of stained glass in an outdoor crafts festival. I LOVE it!
Katie says
Paint me a picture
I have wonderful abstract painting from my niece. It is PERFECT!
Andrea says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece of art is a small canvas I got in Berlin that is a graffiti stencil of a grenade. There was so much cool graffiti all over Germany so it really captures the trip for me.
Elizabeth says
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Meghan says
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Jody says
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My favorite piece of art is a picture I had made for my husband for our 1st anniversary (done on paper as per tradition, then framed). The image was taken from a photo I took in Venice of an old couple walking arm-in-arm down the street, thats what we want to be in 50 years.
Malarie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have a sculpture that my little brother gave me years ago. Its the perfect nic nac!
Dreamlyn says
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We don’t have a whole lot in the house, but my favorite is a picture that my father-in-law painted. He’s really talented.
Erica says
Paint Me a Picture.
My favorite pieces of art in our home are the pictures I took of the places we dates before we married. Chicago, a trip to visit family in Oregon, and Stevens Point, Wi, where we went to college. We enlarge them and framed them all over the house.
Brianne Hurd says
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My favourite piece of art …. so hard to choose! I painted a piece myself last year that is about 30 by 30 (pretty big) and is all shades of blue. moves from almost white at the top down to almost black. I wrote the quote “live beautifully, dream passionately, love completely” in the bottom left corner and it hangs in my bedroom. I got so many compliments and requests I ended up painting 3 for friends!
I am moving this weekend to a new space and have a huge wall screaming for a new painting! Great giveaway!
Julie P. says
Paint me a picture!! Pretty Please!
eryn says
paint me a picture! i have too many favorites to choose. i love each one and each one has special meaning. :)
Jessie says
Paint me a picture!!!
Sadly We don’t have any art in our house. I have several photos of my family placed around but no art.Maybe this post could remedy that!!
Paint Me a Picture! says
My favorite piece of art is a carving my husband and I got in Mexico on our honeymoon. We bartered for it in a flea market and less than a year later we were living in Mexico!
We now are back in the States, but that picture is a fun reminder of how naive we were about the path our lives were going to take.
kate says
Please Paint Me A Picture!
My boyfriend & his best friend get their portraits done @ kmart every year. We have several framed on our walls & they are always a conversation piece!
Ginna says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece of art is a triptych that my father painted for me of New York City. It’s wild and colorful and completely one-of-a-kind!
Zanna says
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Stacy says
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My favorite one of a kind artwork is a piece by my daughter who is an art major in college.
Carrie says
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My favorite piece of art is something my mother painted. She took the design from a rug I liked and sketched it onto canvas then painted it in colors that match my living room. It is beautiful! And she had never painted anything in her life! (besides walls. :) )
Lili says
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Those paintings are gorgeous! I’d love to win this giveaway :)
Michelle says
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Painting of the sun by my father is my current favorite
Caroline says
I am sure us Australians won’t mind paying the shipping ;)
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favourite is something I am waiting to receive-
http://www.someprints.com/prints-by-graphic-nothing/mona-lisa-remix-print-by-graphic-nothing.html
Of course I love my daughter’s artwork as well.
Gwen says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Right now, I’m loving my photographs from our trip to Lima, Peru a year and a half ago for my brother’s wedding. So much history and a wonderful time with family.
Kate says
Paint me a picture!
Unfortunately we have no original artwork in our house, but when I was growing up at my parents’ house there was a commissioned piece of art my grandfather had done of his racehorse. It was abstract and really textural with the paint thick on the canvas.
Lauren says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Currently, my favorite is a DIY that was made from a piece of scrap wood (probably 3′ x 6′) already stained a dark brown. We covered the whole thing with contact paper, traced out an image of three bare winter trees, and used a craft knife to remove the rest of the paper. Then we painted over the whole thing in white paint. Once we lifted up the contact paper we had the image of three dark-stained trees on a rustic white background. I love it.
However, I think it’s going to have some serious image issues if we win this prize. Those paintings are gorgeous!! :)
Lyra Fenner says
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Kelly says
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My favorite original artwork is a picture I recently found that my sister drew when she was 5 (she’s 20 now). It’s hilarious.
Pam says
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sad to say but I don’t own one piece of art :(
Carolyn says
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I made two graphic 11.5 x 11.5 pieces using Adobe In Design that I have hanging (in super large square frames) over a picture ledge in my room. I love them because I got exactly what I was looking for in exactly the colors I wanted.
My other favorite isn’t actually in my house, but I gave it to a friend – it’s an acrylic painting of a photograph I took of a meat/cheese/wine shop at the San Lorenzo mercado in Florence, Italy.
Leigh Healy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!!!
Christine says
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My favorite piece we currently have has got to be the large scale architectural drawing our very talented friend Mollie created for us.
Maria D. says
Paint Me A Picture!! My favorite piece of artwork in my house is a really abstract watercolor done by the 4-yr old twin grand daughters of my alterations lady. I framed it and hung it and get so many compliments on it, and i love saying where it’s from.
wendy h says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite is a watercolor done by a friend of my late grandma… it is almost 100 years old… and so pretty!
Ashley E says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My husband made some pretty cool pottery pieces that we use around the house.
Kylee says
Paint me a picture!
Amy says
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We bought a piece of art for our first wedding anniversary (paper). We intended to buy a print, but the original was available so we splurged–I’m glad we did because we still love the painting.
Carrie says
Paint me a picture!!
My favorite one of a kind art piece is a little mirror I bought from an American Cancer Society Discovery SHop, years ago. The frame on the mirror is a mosaic made from really unique little pieces of china and fun things. I love it!
Sarah says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of one-of-a-kind artwork is a canvas I painted myself for a wall in my dining room. It’s currently an awesome red color and I want to paint chinese characters on it to say “Live Laugh Love”.