Top 30 des mini (mini) dessins de Lorraine Loots : « Les cartes postales pour les fourmis »

C'est bien connu, tout ce qui est petit est mignon et l'artiste sud-africaine Lorraine Loots a décidé d'appliquer cette maxime à son travail. Avec sa série "365 Postcards for Ants" (365 cartes postales pour les fourmis) elle s'est attelée à créer pendant un an une minuscule peinture par jour. À vos loupes !

1. Day 280 : A section of the Large Magellanic Cloud - located next to the constellation Mensa (which was named after Table Mountain). The cloud is associated with the puff of smoke from Van Hunks's pipe, or the way the clouds roll over the mountain on a windy day. 27 x 27 mm. ? #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #mensaconstellation #largemagellaniccloud #space #tablemountain #vanhunks

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Oct 7, 2014 at 10:46am PDT

2. Day 283 : Southern Common Duiker | Sylvicapra Grimmia Grimmia. ? 26 x 18 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #duiker #capetown #lovecapetown

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Oct 10, 2014 at 9:56am PDT

3. Day 299 : Little Lion's Head, Hout Bay. 27 x 27 mm. ? #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #painting #littlelionshead #houtbay #capetown #lovecapetown #stars

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Oct 26, 2014 at 4:39am PDT

4. Day 9 : 220 000 people witnessed the launch of "Team Up" (amongst 41 other teams) at the Red Bull Flugtag 2 years ago today. V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. 27 x 21 mm. @vandawaterfront #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #redbullflugtag #capetown

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Jan 14, 2014 at 12:39am PST

5. Day 24 : From @garethpon's picture, taken at Lagoon Beach. 27 x 27 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #watercolor #miniature #painting #reflection #feather

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Jan 24, 2014 at 10:52am PST

6. Day 43 : The Cape Wheel was designed and developed by Ronald Bussink and is a Wheel of Excellence. 29 x 29 mm. #365postcardsforants #miniature #watercolor #capewheel #wheelofexcellence #capetown

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Feb 12, 2014 at 8:42am PST

7. Day 56 : The Cape Robin is mainly a resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa. 22 x 25 mm. #365postcardsforants #miniature #watercolor #wdc624 #caperobin #bird #capetown

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Feb 25, 2014 at 10:25am PST

8. INTRODUCING "Potluck 100 Paintings for Ants"! 100 miniature paintings scattered over 25 weeks in 2015. There will be four paintings done each week, and each day will have a theme: the first being "Microcosm Mondays" (this means that the subject matter can be anything space-related). So this is day 1/25 Mondays : Pillars of Creation | a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, some 7000 light years from Earth. 30 x 30 mm. SOLD. ?? #paintingsforants #potluck100pfa #microcosmmondays #paintingsforants #miniature #watercolor #art PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL BE INTRODUCING THE PROJECT THIS WEEK, AND SALES WILL ONLY OPEN NEXT WEEK. Paintings cannot be booked yet. I will announce the way bookings/sales will work on Monday 9 March, and I'll give a heads-up here of the exact time when sales will open via my website. All will be revealed in time! ?

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Mar 2, 2015 at 3:20am PST

9. INTRODUCING : FURSDAYS! As the third part of #potluck100pfa, Thursdays will be dedicated to our furry (and feathery) friends. So yes, this means that you'll be able to commission a painting of your pet. This is day 3/100 (1/25 Thursdays) : Timoteus the Sloth (the year should be 2015, I've fixed that now. Oops.) 25 x 24 mm. ?????????? SOLD. #potluck100pfa #fursdays #miniature #watercolour #pet #painting #paintingsforants #sloth PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL BE INTRODUCING THE PROJECT THIS WEEK; SALES WILL ONLY OPEN NEXT WEEK. Paintings cannot be booked yet. I will announce the way bookings/sales will work on Monday 9 March, and I’ll give a heads-up here of the exact time when sales will open via my website.

   A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Mar 5, 2015 at 6:42am PST

10. Day 20/100 (5/25 #freefridays) : The term "iceberg" refers to chunks of ice larger than 5 meters (16 feet) across. Smaller icebergs are known as bergy bits and growlers. 29 x 29 mm. ?? SOLD. #potluck100pfa #freefridays #miniature #watercolour #paintingsforants #iceberg #bergybit #growler

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Apr 3, 2015 at 12:17pm PDT

11. UP FOR AUCTION! #microcosmmondays 6 : Jupiter. 27 x 27 mm. ?? Please bid on Instagram (this post) and in USD only. Auction ends on Wednesday 15 April at 1PM GMT+2. All 100 original artworks will be framed in raw wood and exhibited together before being sent to their owners in February 2016. WINNING BID: $400 (@snappyninja) #potluck100pfa #pfaauction #miniature #watercolour #paintingsforants #jupiter #space

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Apr 8, 2015 at 6:26am PDT

12. Step 4 | Day 24/100 (6/25 #freefridays) : Bill Murray as Steve Zissou in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic". 29 x 20 mm. ?? SOLD. #potluck100pfa #freefridays #miniature #watercolour #paintingsforants #billmurray #stevezissou #thelifeaquatic #wesanderson #portraitsforants

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Apr 10, 2015 at 7:12am PDT

13. #throwback to 25 April 2014. Here's to the weekend! ? #365postcardsforants #miniature #watercolour #painting

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Feb 21, 2015 at 12:04am PST

14. Day 144 : Lightning strikes Table Mountain (apparently there was some lightning this morning?). Reference photo by John Maarschalk. 26 x 26 cm. #365postcardsforants #miniature #watercolour #wdc624 #lightning #tablemountain #lionshead #capetown #painting

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on May 24, 2014 at 9:36am PDT

15. Day 148 : The Vredehoek Quarry (magical reference photo by @thecuriouslea). 28 x 28 mm. #365postcardsforants #miniature #watercolour #wdc624 #vredehoek #quarry #capetown #magic

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on May 28, 2014 at 9:06am PDT

16. Day 164 : Cape Fox | Silver-backed Fox | Vulpes Chama. 19 x 18 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #fox #capefox #capetown

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Jun 13, 2014 at 6:10am PDT

17. Day 174 : St. James beach tidal pool - sunrise. 26 x 26 mm. #365postcardsforants #miniature #watercolor #wdc624 #stjames #tidalpool #sunrise #capetown

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Jun 23, 2014 at 6:45am PDT

18. Day 203 : The New York Times listed Cape Town as number 1 of "52 Places to Go in 2014", describing it as "A place to meditate on freedom, and the creative life that followed." 22 x 16 mm. ? #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #capetown #travel #wanderlust #newyorktimes #miniature #watercolour #suitcase

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Jul 22, 2014 at 10:10am PDT

19. Day 209 : Freshly cut flowers – including fynbos species such as king and pincushion proteas, depending on the season – are available from the friendly flower sellers in Adderley Street, where this trade has operated for the past 100 years. ? 27 x 27 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #adderleystreet #flowers #flowermarket #capetown #eidmubarak

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Jul 28, 2014 at 11:28am PDT

20. Day 231 : Leica M4-P 180. ? 22 x 20 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #painting #leica #camera #photography #capetown

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Aug 19, 2014 at 8:20am PDT

21. Day 241 : Table Mountain from Blaauwberg Beach. ? 28 x 28 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #blaauwberg #beach #tablemountain #capetown #lovecapetown

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Aug 29, 2014 at 8:37am PDT

22. Day 257 : The bench on the corner of Kloof and Nettleton road. ? 27 x 27 mm. #365postcardsforants #miniature #watercolour #wdc624 #bench #kloof #nettleton #capetown #lovecapetown

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Sep 14, 2014 at 12:51pm PDT

23. Day 266 : The Durbanville Wine Valley consists of twelve wineries, each offering the finest in wines. 28 x 28 mm. ? #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #durbanville #wine #valley #capetown #lovecapetown

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Sep 23, 2014 at 8:18am PDT

24. Day 300 : The Table Mountain Aeriel Cableway. (This one is for my grade 2 school teacher, Mrs. Rumboll, who managed to track me down and book a painting after all these years. She kept all my school books from when I was 7, and gave them to my mom years later. Here's to life-changing teachers! Thank you Mrs. Rumboll ?). 27 x 27 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #cableway #cablecar #tablemountain #capetown #lovecapetown

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Oct 27, 2014 at 6:05am PDT

25. Day 310 : This is what a taxi looks like in Cape Town. ? 28 x 12 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #minibus #taxi #capetown #lovecapetown (reference photo by KGH)

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Nov 6, 2014 at 12:11pm PST

26. Day 320 : Surfers in Fish Hoek. ? (Reference picture from a book printed in the 60's: "The Beautiful Peninsula - a picture tour of the Cape Peninsula" by Arthur English). 28 x 28 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #surfers #fishhoek #60s #painting #miniature #capetown

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Nov 16, 2014 at 1:02pm PST

27. Day 326 : Containers and cranes. 28 x 28 mm. #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #containers #cranes #capetown #harbour #miniature #painting

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Nov 22, 2014 at 12:24pm PST

28. Day 353 : Common marmoset | Callithrix jacchus. ? 22 x 20 mm. #365postcardsforants #miniature #watercolour #painting #marmoset #monkey #capetown #wdc624

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Dec 19, 2014 at 11:59am PST

29. Day 356 : Signal hill; starry night. ? #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #starrynight #signalhill #trees #capetown #lovecapetown #painting

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Dec 22, 2014 at 11:27am PST

30. Day 363 : "What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies." - Kerouac. 28 x 13 mm. ??? #365postcardsforants #wdc624 #miniature #watercolour #painting #globe #travel #earth #capetown #wanderlust

    A post shared by Lorraine Loots (@lorraineloots) on Dec 29, 2014 at 12:10pm PST

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