Featured artwork: Tiny Paintings

Let me tell you a little story. Whenever my parents traveled over seas, they would bring back little treasures for each of their (4) children. When they went to France, it included Paris, Nice, and probably other places that I don't remember.  What I do remember was Nice, because they brought one of those treasures back especially for me. It as a tiny watercolor painting from a street artist. My mom knew I loved art, and, I have to say, this little painting was the first artwork that I owned from a bona fide artist, and he was French, and its even signed, just like an artwork should be! That little painting is the one in the center.

I have kept that little artwork, moving with it from state to state, often misplacing it in a drawer or file. You see, its really small, mounted on card and no bigger than a postcard, and that includes its frame. And as usual, I haven't seen it in years. 

Recently, I was cleaning out the art room, and found it again, and thought that now, I wanted to share this little masterpiece with others and the best way for me to do that, is to create a class where we all make tiny paintings. 

In the spirit of that tiny painting, I have created a few of my own, framed them with little cards just like their French counterpart, and signed them. They are shown around the French painting.