how it works
for artists. your gallery is your portfolio, at your own address. collectors near you find the work in the painttwits feed and on the map. when you want to sell a piece, you put it in an exhibit.
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send a painting
photograph a piece and email it to
[email protected]. if you're new, we hold up to five images (jpg, png, gif or webp) and reply with a link to apply. -
apply
sign in with google or an email link, then tell us your name and where you work. a link to your work and a line about it help us say yes.
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a person looks
every artist is approved by hand, by a painter. you get an email when your application arrives and another when your gallery is ready.
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your gallery
an address based on your name, like
janedoe.painttwits.com, with a deep-zoom viewer for every piece. images you emailed before applying are already on it, if you applied from the same email address. -
adding work
email it from your phone. it's on your gallery and in the painttwits feed within a few minutes, and painttwits posts it to bluesky after an automatic safety check.
or drag images onto your gallery page. those join the feed after a quick look from us.
details can go in the subject:
"Harbor at Dusk" 24x36 oil on canvas -
collectors find you
people swipe through the feed, boost what they like and save it. the artists map shows you near where you work, never at your studio. collectors can join your waitlist and hear from us when you have work for sale.
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selling happens in exhibits
nothing sells from your gallery. to sell a piece, connect your bank through stripe once, then add the piece to an exhibit (dated, or permanent), give it a sale price there, and publish. while the show is on, collectors can buy it from the piece's detail page. the exhibit is pinned on the map at its real venue.
the exhibit price is all the collector pays, so include shipping in it. buyers in the us and canada for now.
a collector pays $100.00 stripe's card fee (2.9% + 30¢) −$3.20 painttwits (2%) −$2.00 you get $94.80 for a typical us card. stripe charges more for some cards.
questions
is it free?
yes. no setup fee, no monthly fee. painttwits takes 2% when something sells. optional paid extras: your own domain, and more than three galleries.
do i keep the rights to my work?
yes. it's your work. we show it on your gallery, in the feed, and in painttwits' bluesky posts of new work.
how do i get approved?
apply with a link to your work. we're looking for artists making real work. there's no follower count to hit.
can i use my own domain?
yes, as a one-time paid extra. see use your own domain.
what if i want to leave?
download all your artwork as a zip from your settings, then delete the gallery. deleting is permanent, so download first.
already have a gallery? log in on it and open settings → how it works.