9/20/14: 365 Paintings for Ants is one of those titles that immediately grabbed my attention.
Keen-eyed artist, Lorraine Loots, started a project on January 1, 2013, creating a new miniature painting every day for the whole year. As the project started to gain popularity, she allowed people to book sentimental dates and make suggestions for the painting to be done on that day. Once the full project was completed and the gallery show was over, the paintings were shipped to them.
She’s at it again in 2014, but this time, her images are somewhat less random. The 2014 series is Cape Town themed to celebrate her home town’s designation as World Design Capital 2014.
All the indescribably lovely, teensy paintings can be seen on her Tumblr. Its going to take me many days to look at all of them, but I’m taking my time and really enjoying myself. Her subjects are so varied, there’s no way to get bored! The every-day objects are my favorites (how cute is that typewriter?), but I really do love them all. I hope she continues this forever. One of these in my life every day wouldn’t be a bad thing.
June 13, 2021 at 9:02 am
LOVE!!
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June 15, 2021 at 6:03 pm
She’s incredible. I want to cover my walls in tiny Loots!
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June 13, 2021 at 9:50 am
I remembering loving this one before. I still do, the work is charming!
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June 15, 2021 at 6:03 pm
Such endearing stuff, and I’m a total sucker for wee things.
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June 13, 2021 at 11:05 am
Detail….perfect.
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June 15, 2021 at 6:03 pm
Exactly! So precise without being fussy!
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June 13, 2021 at 11:38 am
I love all of them. I am going to attempt to do two more paintings. I gave my Granddaughter Bethany my last painting and I hope to do one for each of my other granddaughters. I got some of the material needed and been working on my hands to see if I can hold and control a small paintbrush. Back to posting – You need both vision and steady hands to do anything that small and she has both!! Great job — Hal
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June 15, 2021 at 6:04 pm
Oh, Hal, how wonderful! I always wanted to be a painter, but I never had the patience to learn. I’ll bet you’re terrific at it!
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