Artist of Miniature Paintings

 

I am in a photo club where we love to meet for photo outings

and at our monthly gatherings, we share photography ideas and techniques.

 

One of the photo clubbers is not only an awesome photographer,

she's an amazing painter and brought along her artwork.

Jan Knoll first photographs interesting places

and people.

Then she paints the scenes.

The stunning thing is...

She paints them in miniature!

They're no bigger than 3 by 4 inches.

Jan's been painting for twenty years and loved to paint

"small".

She never painted anything bigger than a 16 X 20.

Then she read a magazine article about miniature paintings

and was fascinated.

She flew to Florida where she learned the craft from a

miniature artist.  Well, the artist was normal size, but

the art was teeny.

She uses a magnifying glass and strong light

plus teensy brushes.

The fine details are exquisite on such a tiny canvas.

Each painting takes 30 to 40 hours to complete.

 

I am fascinated with people's talents!

Jan attends miniature art shows and

even competes in miniature contests.

I just HAD to share her vast talent

with you.

Thanks, Jan!