The Artling's 2022 Holiday Guide: Artwork Gift Ideas

The holiday season is coming and with it comes the joyous task of gift-giving! Looking for the perfect present can often be tricky, but we are here to help with our holiday gift guide of artworks under $1,000 and $2,500. The selected artworks range from unique paintings to sculptures, making them special gifts that will be appreciated for a lifetime. Scroll down to check out our artwork gift guide! 

Artworks Under $1,000

American artist Jon Parlangeli has been creating since childhood. He is driven by a need for order amongst disorder and new harmonies among objects. He is visually intrigued by repetition, pattern, and colour. Jon is an explorer at heart, possessed with a need to look beyond traditions and question the unknown. His works are seeded in processes of painting and material discovery. Elements of drawing, textural curiosities, colour, and form combine to create a unique aesthetic in each work.  

After earning a degree in Art History from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, Milena Paladino decided to follow her passion and move to Italy. An extensive search for the right medium to express her creativity eventually led her to the creation of textile works for which she uses a punch needle technique. Specializing in still life, her work showcases delicate and simple compositional arrangements of forms and shapes. In a constant search for essence and purity of form, the artist is guided by the aspiration for clarity, a sense of proportion, and harmony. This results in works that are both minimal and sensual. 

Rotterdam-born and based artist Ronald Hunter is best known for his style of layering multiple colours. He also incorporates pieces of graphic art and typography in his vibrant works. Ronald is fascinated with street posters and their seemingly random shapes, colours, and textures. To the artist, these elements form a work of art and it is something that he wishes to reflect in his own work. With multiple layers of colours and textures, Ronald seeks to give each painting a unique mood and depth. 

British artist Lucy Moore is inspired by the nature around her, from flourishing meadows to the crashing waves in the ocean. She uses this inspiration and adds her own twist to her colourful works. She works freely with abstract forms using colours and textures as her guide. For Lucy, art is a necessity, and she captures the colours and images that swirl around her head on her canvases. 

Russian artist Olga Chertova lives and works in Kaliningrad, an "enclave" with a climate of high humidity and overcast skies. The city has German roots and was previously known as Koenigsberg before the Second World War. This historic city has had a profound influence on Olga's style and vision. The combination of German and Soviet history with contemporary Russia has played a major role in her development as an artist. Inspired by the locale and its population, Olga creates personages based on real people but modified through the power of her imagination. Her colour palette stands in opposition to the Baltic region’s grey surroundings, mostly cloudy with only short bursts of sunshine. The primary focus of her art is to reconstitute various identities into new characters where surrealistic elements and abstract colours dominate. Documentary sketches become new personalities, extending and augmenting the real. Emotionally tense portraits rely on high volumes of colour, allowing new voices to be heard. Her brushstrokes suggest the feeling of "punk" freedom. In most of her works, Olga utilises pareidolia illusions to further explore realities below the surface. 

Art Under $2,500

Glasgow-based Kevin Patrick Callaghan received his artistic training in ceramic sculpture and pottery and began moulding clay from a young age. The ductile and reactive nature of this material led him to develop an emotional relationship with clay. With this, he began a personal interpretation of form and the possibilities for its synthesis and abstraction. Influenced by mechanical engineering design and traditional Japanese craftsmanship, the artist has spent the last years creating a number of geometric hand-build sculptures.

Tom Grill has been involved with high-resolution digital photography and digital manipulation for many years. His prints combine multiple image files taken at very high resolution, and they are used to create ultra-sharp photographs for mural-sized prints. My “Odyssey”, “Juxtapose”, and “Horizon” collections use this personally developed post-production technique to achieve a unique look for his printed photographic art. For the past five years, he has lived and worked in Boca Raton, Florida where he fell in love with the Florida landscapes of the Everglades, the ocean, and weather phenomena, which have been the main subjects of his photography ever since. 

Knot Artesanal was formed between Brazilian architect Renata Gutierrez (nó) and British woodworker James Rowland (knot) who are both passionate about the forms, tones, and textures of wood. Their focus is on simple lines, quality materials, and natural finishes. All of their pieces are handmade using traditional woodworking methods to create timeless contemporary pieces that not only need to be seen but also felt. 

Gabriela Azar Schreiner is an Argentinian-born Australian painter based in Melbourne. Her colourful large-scale abstract canvases are held in private and corporate collections in Australia as well as internationally.  Her compositions are instantly noticeable for their captivating colour palette and dynamic brushstrokes. Infused with unmistakable presence and energy, they light up every room in which they are displayed. A self-taught artist, Gabriela embraces a passionate, intuitive approach to painting. Rather than subscribing to rigid techniques, she lets colours and emotions guide her creative process. The resulting paintings easily capture the imagination through whirlwinds of colour and rich texture: layers of soft plum and bright pink blend in with lush paint swirls to evoke a sense of uplifting joy, while other scenes shine through deep fuchsia and electric blue, suggesting worlds of intense emotions. 

Born in France in 1973, Yael Salomon made her first steps in the art and design world in 1993 with a one-year internship at Balenciaga Paris in the artistic department. She then moved to Tel Aviv, Israel to work in an auction house, immersing herself in the fascinating world of modern and contemporary art. Following her solo career in fashion jewellery and having her designs sold in prestigious museum stores and boutiques around the world, Yael then changed her path upon her discovery of clay and all of its wonders. She studied ceramics for four years at the Beniyamini Ceramic Center in Tel-Aviv, and this led to a new creative flow into sculpting using clay and developing a new artistic language.

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Order by 21 November to ensure your gifts get delivered in time for Christmas! Do note that some products may have additional lead times. Should you need further guidance or have custom requirements, get in touch with our expert curators here.