Urgent help request! + Original Tarot painting sale
Hello, friends! Today I come to you with an extremely humble request for help. One of them is a GoFundMe for a medical expense of mine, and the other is a way to contribute if you have ever wanted to own an original painting from the Numinous Tarot, Magic Pantry Tarot, or Threadbound Oracle!
Including The Fool from the Numinous Tarot, which is an EXTREMELY popular card and has never been available before!
Basically: I need extremely extensive dental work done due to a combination of factors, including childhood neglect and mental health difficulties. Severe dental anxiety and autistic sensory sensitivity make this so difficult for me that I have opted to have everything done in one day under general anesthesia.
Unfortunately, anesthesia for dental work is not covered by insurance. I currently make very little money (about $15-20k a year since 2022), and my partner is between full time jobs, coasting on freelance work and job hunting. I am estranged from my family, so I can't ask them for money.
For this reason, I am humbly requesting donations toward the anesthesia cost. Literally anything you might be able to give makes a difference!
https://gofund.me/9604b8fda
Literally buying anything from the shop also helps:
https://numinousspiritpress.com/
Or....!
Numinous Tarot: The Fool Framed Original Painting Auction
I've often sold my original tarot and oracle card paintings, but there have always been a few I kept for myself, including The Fool from the Numinous Tarot. Before all this I already decided I am ready to let it go out into the world! So I decided to make it an auction to help raise the anesthesia funds.
The auction is available through my partner's eBay store. His name is Shamus Kelley (aka riderjetfire), and he sometimes sells animation art and collectibles, so he has offered to handle this for me!
The listing is here and ends in one week.
Not only is it for the original painting, but you also get the frame I customized for it, so you can immediately hang it on your wall when it arrives. Bidding starts at $150 plus shipping.
The frame is one that I upcycled from a thrift store find myself with gold spray paint; it has been through a couple moves and was under the bed for the past year or so, and as such the frame has some minor nicks and damage which I will do my best to touch up--but it won't be perfect, because it wasn't originally intended for sale. Just so you know! It has museum wire already installed on the back for hanging, too.
Original Tarot & Oracle Painting Sale in the Shop
I didn't realize until recently, but the tarot paintings haven't been in the shop for the last year or two! The Threadbound Oracle ones have been, though, and now you can find paintings for all three, at a sale price!
Numinous Tarot - $50-150
These paintings are 9"x15" on archival Arches watercolor paper, made with artist grade archival supplies, so they will last a very, very long time. The original paintings are more beautiful and nuanced than the card art, as digital scanning never gets all the colors quite right.
Many of the NT paintings have already sold, but there are still a lot left! Including The Hanged One and Temperance, which were previously unavailable.
I've priced some of the less popular cards (mostly pips) extremely low to make them more affordable, if you'd like one but it's always been outside of your budget.
Threadbound Oracle & Magic Pantry Tarot - $75-100
These paintings are 7.5"x12.5" on archival Arches watercolor paper, made with artist grade archival supplies, so they will last the test of time.
A lot of TBO paintings have been claimed, but almost ALL of the MPT paintings are still available! I'm serious, I only sold like 6 of them in the Kickstarter and then never put them up for sale after that.
I was going to have an originals sale this year anyway, I've simply moved it sooner rather than later. Right now they're all in my portfolios in a bin under the bed--I'm much happier knowing they are on someone's wall being admired.
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If you are able to help, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I promise I will pass your generosity on when I am able. If you can't contribute, no worries, I obviously understand how it is to struggle with expenses 💜.
If you would like to share the GoFundMe or my shop on social or with people in your life, that would be wonderful, but don't feel pressured!
It's tough to ask for this, but not too tough because I've always found my audience to be really wonderful and kind people. I'm constantly grateful and think of you all so fondly 💜