FREE PAINTINGS

Seriously. I’m not trying to mislead you.

1. Send me a free paintings request for what I should paint you

2. I paint one request a day

3. I mail that painting to the requester for FREE! (Not even a shipping charge)

4. I post each daily painting and jokes about them to my blog and Tumblr.

HELP ME KEEP THIS PROJECT GOING. PLEASE DONATE!
PLUS IT WILL MOVE YOU UP ON THE WAIT LIST TO GET A PAINTING!

THE PREMISE

I want you to have my art. It is priceless… As in, I haven’t put a price on it. I can’t make sense of putting a price on my work. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have it. I’m giving a painting to anyone that asks. So take one and be a part of this project! It’s fine art, I swear.

HOW TO REQUEST

Contact me here to request a painting. You can be as specific as you’d like when telling me what you want. What should be the subject? What colors should I use? Or you can leave it up to me. You could even ask for one you see on this site. I specialize in cute things so if you don’t tell me otherwise, it’s going to be adorable. But more importantly, its going to be FREE. I won’t even charge you for shipping for fear of that seeming like a price.

When you email me, I add your request to the wait list. I paint requests in the order in which I get them. (Unless you donate. Check below to learn about moving up on the wait list!)

If you really want to challenge me, try to request a subject that I haven’t painted yet. Make sure you check out the Gallery because I’ve painted A LOT of things. Over 2,000 things, actually.

Skeptical? Here’s some proof that I’ve sent paintings all over the world for free.

UPDATE

The wait list is now into the thousands. So if you’re requesting now, I have to be honest, it’s going to be quite a while before you get your painting. I’ve been doing this project for over 10 years (over 2,700 paintings!) and I’m still going but I can’t promise I’ll be doing it forever. If you’re really serious about getting some of my art, I suggest donating. That will move you up on the wait list.

Or if you’d like to just go about this in the legit way and pay to commission an artwork, email me with the subject PAID COMMISSION REQUEST. If you commission something, you’ll skip the wait list all together. A commission can also be a larger work or even a series of paintings.

$25 – Keep Ali in the Black


I’d like to cover the cost of paints, canvas, packing, shipping and PayPal fees.

$50 – Feed a Starving Artist


I’d like to give Ali some extra money for her time and hard work.

$100 – Affordable Art Patron


I’d like to donate the full price of what Ali would charge for an original commission.

$200 – Actual Art Patron


I’d like to donate the full price of what Ali should be charging for an original commission.

$1,000 – Platinum Patron


I’d like Ali to sign the FRONT of my painting

$+1,000 – Platinum Plus Patron


I’d like to donate what my painting will be valued at in the future once Ali is famous

While I do appreciate these tiered donations. I’ll also accept anything you’d like to donate to help me keep my project going.

If you prefer Bitcoin, here’s my address:1Pzr2anhCoj8NggeJY6XDzvL8a9LsL5eiU

Or, you can request a painting for zero dollars. That’s cool with me too!

SOME NOTES ABOUT MY TERRIBLE BUSINESS MODEL

It seems many people think I’m making a bunch of money on this project. Let me assure you that is not the case. My donation money goes back into the project. This “pay what you want” style has become popular recently but it only works with digital goods like music and software that can easily and instantly be replicated over and over with no cost for each individual copy. I have to create each one of these paintings by hand, one a day, so to be giving most of these away at no charge is terribly impractical. Yet I continue on with my quixotic endeavor because it’s fun and you should have some of my art!

ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS IS SPLENDID

The more people that request paintings, the better I get at painting and the more famous I get, the more my paintings are worth. Everybody wins!

So email me. I want to make you something.

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