Little paintings

My artist friend Kim Zsebe had the incredible idea to create tiny pencil/watercolor/ink paintings of her facebook friends' profile photos. They look amazing in a big grid together, and I just had to share.

(Please click on the pic to enlarge.)

I think the coolest part was seeing how everybody she painted reacted to finding themselves in a little piece of art. By the look of all the positive comments she received, everyone was pretty thrilled to see how she had turned our grubby mugs into something quite beautiful. How intriguing to find our tiny digital profile pictures, just bits of data and pixels, translated into a tangible painting made with hands and paper and pigment.

Kim is ridiculously talented, and is offering custom paintings in her etsy shop. What a wonderful gift for mother's day, or as a special memorial, or for any loved one who already has everything. Not many people have the opportunity to own a custom piece of artwork at such an affordable price.

P.S. She's also a talented photographer, too.