***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.
Michele says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite piece of art is a watercolor my grandmother did of San Juan Capistrano. It always makes me think of the swallows who return there each year and how the passing of time always has an ebb and flow.
Erin says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! A large black and white dot painting from a small little store called Timbuktu that carries all handmade goods from mostly other countries.
Mary Sterck says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite is a Roger Tory Peterson “Puffins” it was my parents and I had it reframed for my home.
MaryJo says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite one of a kind work is a piece I did myself to fill up space in our guest bath. Plus I found a frame on clearance at target that was a perfect fit!
Mitch says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Right now we sadly don’t have anything on our walls. All the more reason we need this. My usual favorites are the drawings my fiancée makes though.
Elizabeth says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
My favorite piece of art that I currently own is a king size quilt that my grandmother made me for my wedding. We picked out the fabrics together and it turned out to be the brightest and happiest quilt I have ever seen!
molly says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!! I was just thinking of trying to paint an abstract horse for my LR. My art isnt one of a kind, it is a rusted old coke icee sign my pawpaw got when a local store closed. Georgous in my dining room.
Valerie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I like to try to collect pieces from all the places I travel, and my favorite piece is a block print that I bought in New Orleans. It has a funny story too, because my wallet was stolen while I was there (horrors!) and my friends graciously let me borrow the cash I needed to buy the print I had been eying every time we walked by.
Janie says
Paint me a picture! My favorite artwork is an architectural blueprint of a church that my grandfather drew. It is also the church where my parents were married.
Nicole H says
Paint me a picture!
Karina says
Paint me a picture!
my favorite one-of-a-kind artwork right now is a photograph taken by my brother-in-law, an amateur photographer, of Mt. RAinier. It was given to remind my husband and I of our beautiful home-state (since we moved to the midwest)
Erinn says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My two-year-old’s artwork is my favorite :)
Katie says
Paint Me a Picture!! I would have to say my favorite piece of one of a kind art would have to be my diploma from UNCW! I know it’s not art, but I worked hard for it and it’s now in a beautiful fram hanging above my bedroom door. Next to it is my nursing license – framed as well!
Katie says
Paint me a Picture!
My favorite pieces of art we have are some poloroids that look like watercolors of scenes from San Francisco that we purchased on our first anniversary.
Allison says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I found a multi branch twig dangling from my roof, rescued it, spray painted it glossy white and added pastel blue muffin cups to all the tips to look like flowers. It has hung upside down from the ceiling as a mobile in a corner of my guest room, and now upright potted in a white IKEA planter in a living room. I love how everyone asks what it. One visitor thought it was a light fixture!
Jan says
Paint me a picture . . .
My favorite piece is an amateur oil painting my mother did of her childhood home in the mountains of West Virginia. That home is still in the family and the painting reminds me of wonderful time spent with my family there during summer vacations and holidays. My mother is no longer living, but I’ll always have this picture that she spent so much time painting and the memories of her and the other loved ones who gathered there.
k. Connolly says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!” …
BONUS QUESTION: my favorite piece of one-of-a-kind artwork that I own is a sketch an old old family friend, its stylized yet very realisitc. and so unique. It was originally done on a napkin!
Katharine says
Paint me a picture!
My first mothers day card has a place of honor on my fridge!
Debbie says
{Paint Me a Picture} My favorite piece of art in our home is a simple lithograph of a woman by a Polish artist that we know nothing about, but keep hoping to research someday. We stumbled upon it in an antique store where we were shopping for a rug. We didn’t expect to buy our first piece of real art that day. It is bright orange. Love the color.
Melissa says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I’m an art historian who would drool over something like this. My favorite original piece of art hangs in my house, and was made by my cousin who has moderate to severe special needs. Her art is gorgeous, and I love supporting her creativity.
Amber says
Paint me a Picture!!!!
Right now my favourite piece of artwork is one of those “starbursts”. It belonged to my Nana and Grandpa and we grew up with it at the cottage, I love it!
Debbie says
{Paint Me a Picture!} My favorite piece of art in our home is a simple lithograph of a woman by a Polish artist that we know nothing about, but keep hoping to research someday. We stumbled upon it in an antique store where we were shopping for a rug. We didn’t expect to buy our first piece of real art that day. It is bright orange. Love the color.
Robin says
Paint me a picture!!!!
I have nothing on my walls,so I need the help! :)
Tina says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
I can’t pick just one piece, my kids make the most beautiful paintings/colorings (of course!!) But I have a gorgeous painting I bought from an artist on Ebay a number of years ago of a mother holding her baby. It reminds me of the bond and love that lies there, especially when my kids are screaming at the top of their lungs, I can look at that painting and peace just washes over me.
Julie Ballard says
Paint me a picture!
I have a watercolor from a local artist- my one and only piece of artworks!!
Pick me- its my birthday!!!
Andrea Watts says
Paint me a picture and I can hang it on my bare wall
Andrea Watts says
My favorite is a picture of a meadow full of red flowers
Jenny says
Paint me a picture!
I have 2 faves in 1. I did a painting on a huge canvas of a stark, (silhouette-like) coral “tree” and its shadow. I saw one like it on an expensive modern design shop’s website and sort of replicated it with interior wall paint and acrylic. When I need a change, I have a big piece of Marimekko fabric that I use to cover the coral painting/canvas. Presto, change-o!
Beth P says
Paint ME a picture :)
Best piece of artwork I own: a poster with the handprints of all the kids at the daycare I worked at this past summer.
LOVE these pictures – so great!
Lauren says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece that we have is a Japanese brush painting done by my mother-in-law… she took some classes and created a painting for us incorporating bamboo, cherry blossom, and pine. Its so special!
Maryanne says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!! What an awesome freebie!! My favorite piece of art my son gave me. He finally learned how to draw a smiley face and i love it!!
Teresa says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I was just telling my husband how I would love an original art piece for above our bed; literally a few minutes ago. We have no “real” art and are dying to start a collection.
Bryanna says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
we have an oil painting my grandmother did as a wedding gift to us! it’s a beautiful japanese garden scene
Carollyn says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!! My favorite piece of art is a series of sketches by my husband. The sketches are of a ballerina’s feet. (He is an animator and a beautiful artist)
Lauryn M says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I made my first do it yourself fall-themed frame that now holds a picture in it!
Harrison says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My wife really wants this; bad.
kristin says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
We don’t have any art yet, but our ready to start our collection.
Jacque says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have a sketch done as an illustration by her junior high art teacher(now deceased) for a story my daughter wrote as a school assignment about a cow stuck in a mud puddle! The sketch is hilarious and, of course, priceless!
Dana says
paint me a picture!
My favorite is a set of 3 pencil drawings of the Seattle skyline that I got at a garage sale. The best part of buying it was getting to hear the original owner’s special story behind it.
Alissa says
Paint me a picture!
Favorite piece is a series of paintings done by my grandmother.
Heather G. says
Paint me a picture!
One of my good friends from high school teaches high school. She is an amazing digital artist and can create amazing works of art free hand on a tablet! I had her create a poster of my boyfriends favorite band. It was for our one year and he loves the piece and I love it because it goes well wig our decor in our living room!
jody says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Of course, it’s my kids’ art. framed & hung. LOVE IT!!
Pamela O. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Carla says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
Original? I guess it would have to be all my kiddos drawings….so a “real” one would be perfect. I have the perfect spot for it, too!
Whitney S says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I love the painting we created for a super bare wall in our old apartment. It’s of one of my favorite places- the Baths in Virgin Gorda, BVI. It has lots of color and I think we did a great job. The only problem we now face- my parents are giving us one of their flat screens to replace our giant box TV and the space where that painting hangs will soon be replaced. Which piece of cheap art if going to have to go?
Kelsey Garcia says
paint me a picture!!!!
I love the artist’s use of bright colors!
Sensibly Sassy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
One of my favorite paintings we have in our house is a painting done by a local artist in hawaii. I got it when we visited hawaii a year ago.
Peggy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! After my Dad died I found a small painting of roses that he must have painted when I was a little girl.
Anna says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
A photographer friend gave me a B&W photo of a crowd in New York City from a birds eye view. I love the play of light and shadows and if you look closely I’m in the picture!
Casey says
Paint Me a Picture!
My favorite artwork would be a piece I have that my Dad painted when he was in college. It’s beautiful and significant.