***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.
Sarah says
Paint me a picture! My favorite piece of art is a photograph of a Stargazer Lily (my favorite flower) that hangs in my guest bathroom. I hope I win because I’m dying for a new painting to hang over my bed!
Ashley says
My favorite picture is one that my husband gave me as a wedding present. He took a picture of the bench that he proposed to me on and then sent it to a local artist to create a charcoal paiting. It is just beautiful!!!
Amy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
My mother in law is an artist and she painted a landscape of Lake Tahoe where my husband and I were married. It hangs in our living room.
Emily Ann says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of artwork I own right now is a Kurt Halsey print of a bat – I’ve always wanted to own a Kurt Halsey original, but I haven’t been able to afford one yet. I love him, Mark Ryden, Gris Grimley, and most of all, Sylvia Ji!
seansmom says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!!!
My favorite piece of artwork was a gift from a talented friend that we received as a wedding gift. It’s a small abstract done in green and it takes a minute for you to realize that it has our names plus a wedding ring entwined in it. (31 years later..thank you again Sheila!)
Ashlee says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite original artwork is the ever rotating art that appears on our chalkboard we have hung in our kitchen. Our two year old is a renaissance genius!
Elisabeth says
Paint Me A Picture!
Right now, my favorite piece of artwork in my home is a hand drawing by my daughter of our home.
AMacias says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
My parents lived next to a Native American artist when I was first born. When I was just a little thing he painted me an abstract painting titled “Alexis Looking”. I have had that painting hanging in every one of my bedrooms since receiving it. I love that I have a piece of art I can truly call my own.
Emily P. says
Paint Me A Picture.
My favorite homemade piece is simple sheet of scrap paper I framed and hung in our bathroom. I loved the design and planned to use it in the background of something, but it turned out to be a great little picture on its own!
Sarah K says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Stacy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!
I desperately need something to go above our mantle!!
Michelle Lepak says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece(s) are some one of a kind Ethiopian art that a lady on Etsy did for us. Love them!
Nicole b says
Paint me a picture!
Currently my favorite artwork includes a watercolor from my trip to Venice and a print from Charmingwall w/ a cute little creature collecting leaves.
Stacy says
Paint me a picture…
This sounds crazy, but my brother commissioned a painting of my childhood cat Elton John for a Christmas present one year. My husband hates it, but I will always find wall space for it :)
Jennifer says
Paint me a picture!
I don’t have a favorite piece of art. Our walls are lacking in art. That’s why I need this prize!
Trish D says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
My favorite piece of art? Hard to pick just one! My true favorite is a ceramic urchin bowl made by Heather Knight of elementclaystudio, you can find her work on etsy. She was my first ceramics teacher and I love all her work!
Katie M says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Since I don’t own much art I’d have to say my current favorite is a picture I took of the boats sail that we were on in Maui last year. Good memory for my husband and I.
Ann Ronayne says
Paint me a Picture!
We don’t have “real” art in our house…I have prints that we picked up from a hotel sale, prints from Pier One, etc… We don’t struggle to pay the bills, but if I had to choose between spending $350 on artwork or to get my car fixed, well, the car wins.
So my favorite one of a kind is two framed colorings that I have hung in my office that my boys did. I asked for them to color pictures for me for Mother’s Day. One is of underwater monsters – one is of a very patriotic crab boat (a la Dangerous Catch!). I love them, won’t change them o ut as the boys get odler and can color (or draw) much better. Nope, these will be around until my boys are 60!
erica says
Paint me a picture. I don’t have any original artwork. I hope I win, so I can start a collection. I do love my gallery of photos of my 18 mos old son.
Abby B. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
In college as a theatre major, I was directing a show where the main character was an artist and at the end of the play paints a picture of her elderly parents who are moving. Instead of painting a realistic portrayal of them, she paints an elaborate interpretation of them with bright colors and bold strokes. To make a long story longer…
I asked my Art Ed friend to paint a picture for me for this directing project. It’s amazing and one of my most treasured paintings. No only is it just a neat painting of two people but it represents my friend, my college experience and theatre, all, of which, I deeply love.
Anthony H says
Paint Me A Picture
My favorite piece of art in our home is an oil painting my wife make for her grandmother of dogwood flowers and branches. Grandma passed away and it’s in our living room now, its very special to us because it reminds us of Grandma.
Sabine says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favourite piece of art WILL BE my handmade,huge, wooden disc “painting” once I get around to actually making it…
rena says
paint me a picture! I have a painting my sister painted me of the sunset that I love.
christina says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite, would be my Sons art work.
Erin says
Paint me a picture!! My favorite piece so far is a little photograph taken by my good friend Audrey, who is one of the best photographers I know. It’s a red berried branch on a rainy day on our college campus, covered in water drops. Such a simple little picture, but so beautiful and peaceful and a reminder of good friends and the simple beauty all around us!
Anthony H says
Paint Me A Picture.
My favorite piece of art is an oil painting my wife made for her grandmother that now hangs in our living room.
Mandee says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
my favorite art pieces are the ones I did back in high school – it’s not something I do on a regular basis anymore, so it’s a little nostalgic to look back at them.
Lara says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! full of vibrant reds and blues showing life at its fullest! I really love the pictures in our house that show mysterious cats (just what are they thinking).
Sandra says
Paint me a picture!
I love the portrait that Roz, from etsy, painted of my beloved dog Elvis :)
Anna says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I bought a very whimsical piece of art in Quebec City about 5 years ago. It’s a funny painting of cats celebrating a birthday and is one of a kind. I paid an enormous sum of money for my then 22-year-old self but I still love it and am so glad I bought it.
Ashley says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
Kristen says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I definitely love my kids artwork, framed or hanging on the fridge, or taped to a wall!
MC says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My absolute favorite piece of art, a true one of a kind, is a hand painted horror purchased from my favorite Richmond area thrift store for no more than $5. I have never seen a more technically horrible painting in my life- the proportions are so skewed, the people are only depicted in profile, the horizon line is absolutely absurd, the coloration makes little to no sense, and it’s title, “Making Apple Butter”, is shakily written in the bottom center of the piece. Framed in wood and hung in my room, this ridiculous painting makes me smile every single day. Best $5 investment I ever made! :)
gina says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite painting I own is a painting my friend did for me. It is the Sunset, with the big sun in the background and shadows of three birds. They represent my grandmother, my cousin, and my best friend who all died within six months of each other. It is the most meaningful/beautiful painting I own!
Lindsey White says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!
My Favorite is a drawing by a surfer out of Cali that does this crazy sea life art with vibrant colors and trippy creatures and awesome waves. I have my favorite one in my office at work and everyone comes in and says how cool it is. He also does the art on Surf Boards and Guitars. Really cool stuff, His name is Drew Brophy!!! I just remembered…
Margarita W says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I don’t have any favorite pieces at my house yet, but there is one of fall landscape I’ve been eying at my mom’s house.
Carol says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!!
My favorite is a painting that our friend did for my husband as a birthday gift.
Nancy says
Paint me a picture! My favorite piece of art is actually wearable — they’re red acrylic dangly earrings I bought from a lady at an art fair.
Amanda says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!
Jayne says
Paint me a Picture! A close friend painted a picture someone had taken of my man proposing to me. It’s super special to me.
Sarah k says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite one-of-a-kind right now is a stylized painting an acquaintance did of me and my husband when we were newlyweds. It’s colorful, modern, and yet still a likeness. This girl is talented!
Mary Ellen says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece is an abstract oil painting done by my husband’s former boss as a wedding gift. It is vibrant and beautiful.
Joanna Trask says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! pretty please :)
My favorite piece of art is a woodblock print that my friend made me of a girl dancing under a giant flower.
Lauren G says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!
I have an awesome painting from Pier 1. It is a huge canvas with a large circle and a square in the middle. It hangs in our living room and it is beautiful.
Carli Jo says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
mary says
paint me a picture!
I’m boring and only have one-of-a-kind…photos!
Adrianne says
Paint me a picture!! I’m a sucker for any black and white photography that comes from a treasured moment in time in the life of myself or loved ones.
Sarah says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite piece of art we have is a print we bought last year in Norway of a moose family–mother, father, and a little baby. I was 4 months pregnant at the time with our first so it was our piece of family art.
Krysta says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!! Yay, that would be soooo fun to win. :) My favorite piece of artwork that I own is an Ansel Adams picture of El Capitan in Yosemite in the winter. Its sooooo enchanting! Love it!
Lauren says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece of artwork in our home is an oil painting of the arc de’triomphe that I bought from a street vendor in Paris a few years ago.