Where Rocky Mountain artists sell original work

Real art. Real artists. Straight off the wall.

Brush & Tell is where Rocky Mountain artists sell original work directly to you: both fixed-price listings and auctions where every bid counts. Opening October 2026.

Get early access The Brush & Tell Prize

Artists keep 70 percent or more of every sale.

Sample wall label

Front Range Dusk

Pablo Framewall

Oil on canvas, 24 by 30 in

$480Scan to buy or bid

Every piece on a partner wall carries a label like this. Scan it, buy it, take it home.

How buying works

Online, or straight off a wall in a place you already go.

Find it
Browse online, or scan the label next to a piece hanging in a partner coffee shop, brewery, hotel, or coworking space around Denver.
Buy it or bid on it
Pay the fixed price, or bid in a timed auction, where a bid in the last two minutes extends the clock.
Take it home
Pick it up or have it shipped. The artist gets paid once your piece arrives.

Be first through the door

We open October 12th. Leave your email below and you’ll get the invite before it’s made public, and you’ll also get first looks at the launch collection.

One quick email to confirm your email address, and that’s it. No spam, and you can unsubscribe with one click.

The Brush & Tell Prize

Ten schools. One winner. $2,000.

Student artists from ten Rocky Mountain schools each enter one original piece. The artists who enter vote, and the piece with the most votes takes home $2,000. When the contest closes, every entrant, winner included, can list or auction the piece they entered on Brush & Tell and keep 100 percent of the sale.

1Verify your school email
2Submit one original piece
3The artists vote

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
University of Colorado Denver
Metropolitan State University of Denver
University of Colorado Boulder
Colorado State University
University of Wyoming
University of New Mexico
University of Utah
Brigham Young University
Arizona State University

Get on the list

Entries open November 1st, 2026. Entering is free, and all you need is a verified school email from a participating school. The 100 percent artist payout applies to the piece you entered. Official rules publish when entries open, and prize terms are as planned and subject to those rules.

For art lovers

Own something no one else has. Browse original work from Rocky Mountain artists, buy it at a fixed price, or bid in timed auctions where every bid is binding and the last two minutes can get loud.

Get early access

For artists

You keep 70 percent or more of every sale, and you pay no listing fees. We put your art on real walls: coffee shops, breweries, hotels, and coworking spaces. Anyone can scan the label and take it home. Real places, real people, real sales. Starting in Denver.

Get the artist invite Or email us a link to your work

For venues

Coffee shops, breweries, hotels: host rotating local art on your walls, earn a share of every wall sale, and take on zero admin. We handle the artists, the labels, and the payments.

Get your walls on the list Or email us about your walls

The final auctions happen on the platform

When voting closes in January, the winner is announced right here, and the entered pieces go live for sale and auction on Brush & Tell. Every bid is binding, and every dollar spent on an entered piece goes to the student who made it.

Contact

Brush & Tell, LLC, Denver, Colorado

info@brushandtell.com