ACEOs

What is an ACEO? It stands for Art Cards Editions and Originals. They are highly collectible miniature pieces of art. These cards have only one rule - they must be 2.5" x 3.5"- the size of a Trading Card. The craze started 2 years ago by an artist on E-Bay who wanted art to be available at affordable prices. Now anyone can own original art.
Art cards can be displayed in many ways, and they make charming gifts, alone, framed, or tucked into a greeting card. They fit into Trading Card albums and magnetic card holders.
Some are prints, some are originals- make sure you know what you are buying.
Here are my new Aceos. I've just joined in- and what fun! Mine are all original paintings in watercolor or acrylic. They can be purchased at 1000Markets.

How Crow Became Black

I just love this latest mural I did with the students of Three Rivers Union School here in Three Rivers, Ca. It is a Yokuts story about how Crow became black. In the beginning, Falcon and Crow were the same color. Falcon wanted to change that. He told Crow to help him build a net of sticks and they carried it into the sky. When Night Sky came rolling in, she did not see the net, and was trapped in it. Falcon grabbed her and rolled her into a ball and rubbed her all over Crow. That is how he became the colors of night.
I painted the mural with about 200 children from Kindergarten through 8th grade. One class at a time came, about 20 kids in each class. While one half painted, the other half toured the Discovery West Museum. The youngest kids paint first, and as classes get older, the kids are able to add harder detail. We were finished in 3 days.