I was visiting a local annual miniatures show when I realized that the techniques I'd worked out in my Flowers and Figurines series could not only be scaled up to create larger paintings but could also be scaled down to create miniatures. All but two of these paintings were done as either 2x2 or 2x3 inches.

The smaller the painting, the more closely we look at it, and this leads us to expect more detail than we might have demanded in a larger painting of the same subject. Focusing intently on the miniature allows us to block out everything else around us and enjoy the fascination of seeing an entire world created in a tiny frame.