Artist Captures South Africa in Charming Coin-Sized Paintings

 By 
Laura Vitto
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Artist Captures South Africa in Charming Coin-Sized Paintings
Credit: Lorraine Loots

Each day since January 1, 2013, Lorraine Loots has created a painting of minuscule proportions.

For the entirety of 2013, the South African artist painted items that ranging in style from mundane to profoundly beautiful, as part of a project entitled, "365 Postcards for Ants." Each piece of art is no larger than the size of a coin.

In 2014, however, Loot's shifted her artistic focus to her home in Cape Town. These daily pieces of artwork illustrate items and scenes from her South African city life, from idyllic seaside locations to favorite local foods.

Nearly two years' worth of paintings can be found on Loot's website and on her personal Tumblr page.

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