So you’ve outgrown the Bob Marley posters you bought in university, but you’re not quite ready to raise a paddle for an original from the Group of Seven. The good news is you’re in the vast majority. The bad news is that Toronto has more than 100 galleries with works for sale. Finding a meaningful original in your price range recalls a needle in a haystack.

Enter Artbomb. Taking a page from Groupon and eBay, the Toronto-based art auction startup sends pictures of three original works to your inbox every morning. If you spot something you like, you have until 11 p.m. that night to place a winning bid.

“I’ve been in the art world my whole life. There are barriers to break down. Artbomb really revolutionizes the concept of buying art and makes the experience more accessible,” says Carrie Shibinsky, the company’s co-founder who worked for the Art Gallery of Ontario for more than 20 years.

Now in its second year, Artbomb has expanded beyond Toronto with curators uploading art across Canada — as far north as Yellowknife — and New York City.

“I thought that there needed to be something invented that gave artists more exposure. There are thousands of them working here in Toronto, but there are so few vehicles to get their pieces seen,” says Shibinsky.

TV has had its way with Mayor Rob Ford as of late, and he’s the now main muse for www.drunkenstupor.me, a new haven for Toronto caricature artists and students of the style to share some tongue-in-cheek works of his foot-in-mouth antics.

Another noteworthy avenue for a reasonably priced art experience include Art Battle events (not affiliated with Artbomb), which features live competitive painting judged by an audience.

Born about five years ago, Toronto most recently hosted the battle March 25 at The Great Hall on Queen St., and come May 10, the first ever national Art Battle Day will be celebrated at more than 100 locations across the country. That leads up to a national championship, also to be held in Toronto this July. Visit artbattle.com to register to compete or for more information about where to see it waged here in Toronto.

There’s also the Ontario Academy of Art and Design gallery because, after all, the only people starving worse than artists are art students.