TIGER BEE ARTS

(As seen on Good Morning Texas)

"Hour Swap" is an idea I came up with that lets people collect art for much, much less than they would have to pay in a gallery or online shop. DIRT CHEAP! The concept is that I create 1 painting in 1 hour and offer it up for 1 hour of your working wage or the amount you think my one hour is worth.

 ANYONE can own a real original art piece to hang in their home in these hard economic times and a starving artist like me earns a tiny bit of money to put food on the table. Every Tuesday and Thursday I put up fresh new pieces of art for auction. The lowest one has sold for to date has been $9!!! The highest has been $45! It's a fantastic price range for the budding art collector- whether your taste is for Pop, Contemporary or Traditional- theres a swap for everyone.

 This idea also allows me to cut loose from my obligations to create strictly for selling purposes or serious endeavors and allows me to be spontaneous and fun with a piece. This is vital for an artist to always stay fresh and remember why we do what we do- we enjoy it and it gives us great pleasure to have others enjoy it too!

  You can follow HOUR SWAP at my blog "The Art of Poverty", I'll be updating this page with the SOLD swaps and what they went for weekly. You can view some SOLD swaps below and check out the sub page Hour Swap Photo Gallery for more photos.

Happy art collecting! 

1/17/11  Hour Swap Project (1 hr work)

Winning Bid: $20

"Against the Grain"
7" X 7" acrylic on wood, signed

1/18/11 Hour Swap Project (1 hr work)

Winning Bid: $9 

"Roundabout"
Acrylic on Wood
7" x 7"

1/19/11 Hour Swap Project (1 hr work)

Winning Bid: $10 

"Ripple Effect"
7" x 7" acrylic on wood panel

 1/21/11

"5 Birds"

Winning Bid:$20
acrylic on canvas
7" x 5"

 2/2/11

"Frosty Succulents"

Winning Bid: $20
acrylic and ink on wood panel
7" x 7"

2/3/11

"Moustachiopus Battles Cabin Fever in the Wooden Sea"

Winning Bid: $30
acrylic and ink on wood panel
7"x9"

2/4/11

"Catching up with friends"

Winning Bid: $35
Acrylic and ink on wood panel
7" x 7"

 2/9/11

"The Old Wall"

Winning bid:$23
acrylic on wood panel
7" x 9"

"As Seen On TV"

Winning bid: $31
acrylic and ink on wood panel
7" x 7"

1/24/11

"This Map Is Better"

Winning Bid:$42

acrylic and ink on archival paper
8" x 10"

1/25/11

"On hold with Astrud"

Winning Bid:$10

7" x 7"
acrylic on wood panel

1/26/11 

"Nico and Ivan"

Winning Bid: $33
acrylic on wood panel
7" x 7" 

1/27/11 

"retrofit"

Winning Bid: $30
7" x 7"
acrylic on wood panel

1/28/11

"Arbol"

Winning Bid:$30
7" x 7"
acrylic on wood panel

 1/31/11

"Imaginary People for Imaginary Machines"

Winning Bid:$26
9" x 12"

acrylic on canvas board

 2/1/11

"Sparse"

Winning Bid: $25
acrylic and ink on wood panel
7" x 7"

 2/7/11

"Up and Away"

Winning Bid: $27
acrylic and ink on wood
7" x 9"

2/8/11

"Frances Red Gloves"

Winning bid: $20
acrylic and ink on wood
7" x 7"

Follow my Blogs!

I write a creativity and motivational blog called HAPPENING IN THE HIVE 

I track my creative pursuits and spotlight others, can I light a fire under you to create?

I also write a funny blog called THE ART OF POVERTY which is like Survivor but with Art and trying to make money. One girl with only $1,000 to her name trying to do everything to make a go of her art and creative pursuits and make that $1,000 stretch as far as possible. It can get wacky!