Sneakers? Gnocchi? This Creative Will Trade His Original Art for Whatever You're Willing to Barter

Meet Jeffrey Butterworth and ArterBarter.com

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Like a lot of people in the ad industry, Jeffrey Butterworth is also an artist outside the job. But as the GSD&M creative director’s drawings and paintings began to pile up, he wondered what to do with them. He didn’t want to sell them—so he decided to trade them, instead.

Cue ArterBarter.com, the website where Butterworth auctions his works in exchange for … well, whatever people want to offer. Since launching it last August, he’s completed more than 40 trades—a trippy piece titled “Advice from My Transgender Dad” (acrylic and ink on paper) netted three purses worth some $250, for example.

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