Art Gifts: Original Paintings

The least you can spend here is about $72, and even at that price it is an original, hand painted, signed, one of a kind work with a Certificate of Authenticity, never a print. Most gifts here land between that and roughly $800. A small original says more than a large reproduction at three times the price, which is exactly why we keep the entry price where it is.

Yes, we send gifts straight to the person receiving them. Put their address in at checkout and it ships from Vancouver, free and fully insured, in 3 to 7 business days inside Canada and 5 to 10 to the USA. Tell us it is a gift when you order so we pack and paper it with that in mind. The Certificate of Authenticity travels with the piece, so they hold the proof.

Two weeks ahead inside Canada, three weeks for the USA. Shipping runs 3 to 7 business days in Canada and 5 to 10 in the USA, and each canvas is packed by hand before it leaves the Vancouver studio, so the extra days absorb weather and border delays. If your date is tighter, write to us first and we will tell you honestly whether it can land in time.

Phaedra is usually the safer choice for someone whose taste you do not know. Her colored pencil work on artboard is quiet and finely detailed, and quiet work fits more rooms than bold work does. Nahira's acrylics on canvas carry more colour and movement, which suits someone who already owns art and takes chances with their walls. Tell our free advisory three things about the person and we will send a shortlist back.

Ask us and we will do what we can, but we are a small gallery holding one of a kind work by hand, not a warehouse. The simpler route is ordering close to the date, shipping it to yourself, and keeping it a few weeks. Remember the 14-day trial starts when the piece arrives, so ordering very early spends that window before the gift is opened.

Not from anything in the box. The Certificate of Authenticity names the artist and the work with its details, and the painting itself carries no price tag anywhere on it. If you want to be sure, say so when you order and we will keep any price paperwork out of the shipment entirely and send it to your own email instead.

Yes, when you know the room and something about the person's taste. An original painting is signed, one of a kind, and still on the wall years later, which very few gifts manage. It is a poor choice if you are guessing blind, if the person is moving soon, or if the budget is very small.

For a host or thank you gift, $72 to $200 buys a small original on paper. For a birthday or a first apartment, $200 to $400 gets a small canvas. Weddings and milestone birthdays usually land between $400 and $700. A group gift can reach a statement canvas above $700.

Something between 30 and 60 cm (12 to 24 in). That size fits almost any wall, a shelf, or a narrow hallway, and it does not force the person to rearrange a room around it. Save the large canvas for someone whose walls you have actually measured yourself.

Look at what is already on their walls and what they photograph, then match the temperature rather than the exact colour. Warm rooms take warm art. If you cannot read their taste at all, pick something calm and textured in a neutral palette, which is the least likely choice to be wrong.

Yes. The 14-day home trial travels with the painting, so the person receiving it can hang it, live with it, and send it back for a full refund with return shipping paid by us. Tell them the trial exists when you give it, or they may keep something they do not love.

Every piece arrives with a Certificate of Authenticity naming the artist, title, medium, and dimensions, and the painting itself is signed. That paperwork matters if the piece is ever insured, resold, or traded back to us for store credit. We do not sell prints or reproductions of our paintings.

Avoid it for office gift exchanges with a low cap, for someone in the middle of moving, for a person who keeps their walls deliberately bare, and as an apology. Avoid it too if you would be hurt to learn they returned it. A gift should not arrive with an obligation to hang it.