Every day, Lorraine Loots takes out her watercolour paints and sits down to start a new artwork.
Her brush moves in tiny strokes as she painstakingly creates a painting no bigger than 30mm x 30mm.
She started the series of paintings on January 1 last year, and finished phase one on December 31. The project was entitled 365 Postcards for Ants.
"People started booking sentimental dates, making suggestions for the painting to be done on that day. Every day I posted the completed picture online, and unsold pieces could be reserved," Loots said.
This year she started phase two of the project. In celebration of Cape Town's designation as World Design Capital 2014, she is creating a series themed on the city.
The miniaturist is also publishing a book on last year's artworks with R36000 raised from the crowd funding website Thundafund.co.za.
When people book an order, they can suggest five particular dates, which gives her some freedom to choose what to paint. Her favourite subjects are animals, birds and food.
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