Lorraine Loots is an artist based in Cape Town who wrapped a highly successful project called 365 Paintings for Ants at the end of 2013. as you can guess from the title, Lorraine painted a tiny painting every day for 365 days and, well, you have hopefully seen that scene which explains the name. she posted a painting every day on Tumblr and Instagram (where you can browse all 365 paintings in the archive). most of the time the subject stemmed from her own imagination, but as it gained momentum people booked dates that were special to them and commissioned paintings, like this portrait of Ron Swanson painted for a couple who got engaged after an episode of Parks and Recreation.
i enjoyed seeing such a talented person’s dedication to her work being celebrated in local blogs and magazines, and all over social media, and i wondered what Lorraine was going to do when she had finished. well, she’s not stopping. 365 Postcards for Ants is the next phase of the project, celebrating Cape Town in honour of it being the 2014 World Design Capital.
be sure to read this wonderful interview by Lior Phillips to learn more about Lorraine and her work. you can follow the new project on her Instagram & Tumblr and you can also book a painting if you’d like to own one of these tiny delights.
paintings c/o Lorraine Loots. video by Gareth Pon. photographs by Frances Marais for MBLife.
Diana! lovely project !! beautiful ilustrations, thanks for share it ! have a nice day!
Endlessly inspiring
Wonderful! :-)
Wonderful…such a beautiful project. Thank you for sharing!
How inspiring! And what a beautiful little video. Thank you for sharing.
wow, love everything about this!
These are super! I have to mention my British painter pal Ollie who does something very similar. His practice is more traditional with a contemporary edge (he’d hate me describing it like that) but he recently won a Bonhams award..watch this space he’s mega. A trend forming d’ya think?
http://oliver-king-art.tumblr.com/post/75719488935/progress-shot-of-a-portrait-miniature-of-nick
real life “Synecdoche, New York” ! so lovely. I bet they are just such a sweet joy in person.
i’m enamored by the gallery display. so beautiful – and the magnifying glasses are such a clever touch! would love to see it in person
Honoured to be featured on this wonderful site. Thank you Miss Moss! xo
Woah, these are absolutely incredible! And I love the way they’ve been displayed by month, such a wonderful idea, love them!
Just the best darn thing!
A really exciting project, it’s great to see such commitment.
Just wonderful.
so there goes the rest of this months salary. rice for dinner then.
brilliant.
Wow this is so pretty, I’m in love!
Outstanding. Beautiful video. “What if I just don’t stop”. Inspiring!
Thank you for sharing it!