We’ve seen many miniature artists find viral fame on Instagram, but no one is doing it better than Lorraine Loots. She has explored many subjects through her art over the years, but miniature paintings that capture her travels happen to be among the very best.
Loots is based in Cape Town, South Africa, and her love for miniature art was born in 2013. That’s the year when she started her art project “365 Paintings for Ants”, and this cheeky title was meant to reference the itsy-bitsy size of her creations, which are smaller than a thumbnail.
In almost a decade to come, we’ve seen Loots create tiny masterpieces depicting everything from animals and plants to everyday objects, but her collection “Travelling Ants” remains one of her biggest hits. These paintings show her depict some of the places she visited over the years, ranging from Chicago and Los Angeles to Paris and London.
Loots’ travel sketches are often accompanied by short stories and the dates when they were created and they happen to be a crucial part of her work because she feels very sentimental about marking the passage of time.
“I’ve always wanted to keep a journal and I’ve just always loved the idea of marking every day and remembering where you were and what you did and just really grasping hold of it and putting it down,” she told CBS News.
