Fun Times, Happy Meals by Ayleah

12" x 12" x 1 1/2" oil on canvas

Playing around with trompe l' oeil (painting that fools the eye). I have 7 paintings that are nearing completion, all of them should look like coloring sheets with crayons and crayon boxes on top of the "paper". 

How many minis are too many?

I thought I would share my mini paintings with you. This is my way of putting original paintings in the hands and houses of people who might not normally collect art. I think it is important for children and teens to have access to original art.

22 miniature oil paintings on wood. When I have 50 I will put them into small white boxes and mail the batch to Art-O-Mat.

I paint these 3" x 2" paintings for a company called "Artists in Cellophane". They put the miniature paintings into art vending machines called "Art O Mat". Check out their website, maybe you have a vending machine in your area! As of 2013 the miniature art sells from the machine for about $5 each. I paint them in my free time, sorry, they are not available anyplace other than Art O Mat vending machines. www.artomat.org

Ayleah



Here is some info about Art-o-mat from the Art-o-mat website -

The inspiration for Art-o-mat® came to Clark Whittington while observing a friend who had a Pavlovian reaction to the crinkle of cellophane. When the friend heard someone opening a snack, he had the uncontrollable urge to have one too.

In June 1997, in Winston-Salem, N.C., Whittington was set to have a solo art show at a local cafe, Penny Universitie. Whittington used a recently-banned cigarette machine to create the first Art-o-mat®. It was installed along with 12 of his paintings. The machine sold Whittington’s black & white photographs for $1.00 each.

This art show was scheduled to be dismantled in July 1997. However, owner Cynthia Giles loved the machine and asked that it stay permanently. At that point, it was clear that involvement of other artists was needed if the project was going to continue. Giles introduced Whittington to a handful of other local artists and Artists in Cellophane was formed.

The machine remained unaltered in its original location until 2010. It is now located at Breakfast of Course (Mary’s Too!)

Artists in Cellophane (AIC) is the sponsoring organization of Art*o*mat®. The mission of AIC is to encourage art consumption by combining the worlds of art and commerce in an innovative form. AIC believes that art should be progressive, yet personal and approachable. What better way to do this, than with a heavy, cold, steel machine?