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Mike Swaney

Title
Alquilo Piso, 2010

Gouache, acrylic, pencil, ink and collage on wood

61cm x 50cm

Winning Bid

Extra virgin olive oil from my olive trees for one whole year and organic vegetables from my garden (potatoes, lettuces, onions, cucumbers, beans, chards, etc.) for one whole year as well. Home del

Barter History

-A walk in the clouds
-Artwork exchange (Sandra Blanca Aranda)
-A beer open-bar afternoon in my bar in Malasaña
-Art History lessons -I'll read you a frightening story from Edgar Allan Poe in the spider of the Guggenheim at midnight. I live in Bilbao
-Do you know After Dark? Spend a night in Guggenheim Bilbao with after party in the Atrium. You can dance and have a drink. Friday night.
-Consulting and advising on how to plan, design and build your house, taking into account bioclimatic, passive and sustainable aspects. A zero-energy and zero-carbon house. An ecological house
-Weekend on a boat in the Galician ias Baixas. We'll show you virgin islands, inaccessible coves, the
-Atlantic Islands natural parc, we'll eat and have dinner in old marine taverns, taste local fish and shellfish, we'll snorkel, we'll sleep under the moonlight in really beautiful anchorages; all this in the company of a family who is in love with those places.
-A gastronomic tour in Madrid -I'll arrange you an exhibition and a talk about your work in the financial institution where I work -15 litres of extra virgin liquid gold from Toledo
-Any of my photos, to choose from Fcuencadiaz's Photostream , printed up to 30x40cm. in museum quality, black and white -Doll house where I spent great times. Figures and furniture included -3 options: a) French or English lessons (qualified teachers) b) weekend in a beautiful rural house in Burgos c) excellent guided tour to Paris in a pale blue Renault
-200 (or more) rock music CD's from the 80's
-An open-air (or, if available, in a small theatre) -Spanish Dance show. The offer does only include me as a dancer, but if you'd like a more complex choreography we could discuss it. -Photo shooting with half-naked firemen from the CAM brigade
-Extra virgin olive oil from my olive trees for one whole year and organic vegetables from my garden (potatoes, lettuces, onions, cucumbers, beans, chards, etc.) for one whole year as well. Home delivery
-A unique flower bouquet
-Samba, house-dance and French lessons until you reach a decent level
-Guided tour in the Prado Museum
-A naïve painting depicting the thermal power station of As Pontes with its pollution, painted by García Rodríguez
-One of my paintings (I'm an artist), an exhibition in Madrid, a few days stay in my appartment in Madrid or English lessons -6 big and good sponge cakes (one per month or every 15 days)
-I'll teach you and three other people how to play Bridge (cards game)
-A spiral and a flower drawn using a compass
-Three years free respiratory medicine visits
-One week in Menorca including accomodation, local home-made food and a guided tour around the island (I'm from Menorca)
-I'll put your name to a star
-Publicity on my blog, a visit to Reina Sofia Museum and tour around Madrid
-Weekend in a house in Cercedilla. Swimming pool, fridge full of good food and an artist book by myself I'm an insurance expert. I offer you advise and a coffee with pastries
-15 liters extra virgin olive oil Fuente de la Peña from Jaén
-Knitted sweater
-1. Painting you through a mirror or 2. A painting on demand or 3. Give you a painting among the ones I've done -Weekend with aromatherapy treatments, massage, salt baths and thermal circuit in Murcia. Legal advise for all of your life
 -Artwork exchange (Neva Rivera)