Welcome to my new feature, Gifted, where I suggest home- and garden-related gifts that are chic, economical, and lovely. For my first post, I was inspired by my need to buy a present for some friends who just tied the knot. If you, too, need to purchase a present for some newlywed friends, consider buying them a piece of art.
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As a furniture enthusiast, as well as an avid flea marketer, I am loving Untitled, Thrift 2006 (0635), by Brian Ulrich, available on the site 20x200. This digital-c print has sold out of the larger available print sizes, but there are still some 10-x-8-inch prints available for $20 each. Throw an Ikea Ribba frame around one of these and you have a smart, sophisticated holiday present for all of those interior decorating junkies in your life.
I love this bird print from Jen Bekman's 20x200 gallery. An archival pigment print, Polly, by Christina Muraczewski ($20), was originally created with acrylic marker and glitter on canvas. While the print itself is perfect for the holidays (there's just something so cozy and wintry about birds in branches), this would look lovely all year round with a thoughtful matting and frame. 
Getting your art collection started is often limited by your pocketbook. The only way I could afford my first large art purchase was because I bartered an artist friend for it. So what to do if you're art-friend-free and low on the benjamins? 
