Real Small Art Found... Beautiful!

Where do you live? (City, State) Gainesville, Florida

Did you find Real Small Art? If so, how: I found Real Small Art in a public place.

What was your first reaction?
It was beautiful! I looked at it everyday for about two weeks waiting for someone to take it off the bulletin board it was pinned to. When nobody did I decided it was mine!

Who is the Artist? (If signed) Bev Browning

What are you going to do with your Real Small Art? Put it on my refrigerator

Name (Optional) Kyle

Real Small Art... made me smile!

What did you find?	A beautiful oil painting of an Owl
Where did you find it?	Libbie Market
Who is the Artist? (If signed)	Tiffany
What were you doing when you found it?	Coming in to work
What happens next? Does finding Real Small Art have any effect on your day?	It made me smile!
What are you going to do with your Real Small Art?	Frame it and give it to my daughter, who is in love with Owls
Additional Questions or Comments:	What a nice treasure to find on this gloomy Tuesday.....I have shared my find with everyone who visits my office.
Name (Optional)	Cathie

Cathie's Owl: http://instagram.com/p/cpk1HFiRj0/

Real Small Art Nomination... amazing.

An amazing Real Small Art Nomination
(Last name omitted to protect Colin's identity)

My close friend, Colin, would make a perfect recipient of Real Small Art and give it a good home because he is one of the most giving people I have ever met. He has given his time and money volunteering with the American Cancer Society for years, he is the guy people call when they need car repairs, maintenance, a jump, to get pulled out of the mud (me), etc. He is a local teacher and I have seen him every week working on his classwork for his students for hours at his home and purchasing needed materials. He is my inspiration with his recent weight loss, he is going to participate in a benefit Bachelor Auction soon (which I would never do) and, with the recent foot of snowfall, he just volunteered at a local hospital driving people around in his four-wheel drive vehicle. All of this while taking care of his three cats. Most of all, he tries really hard, never gives up and he never gives up on his friends, This is why my friend, Colin, is a worthy recipient of Real Small Art and would give it a great home.

Real Small Art being sent to Colin:

You can nominate someone to receive Real Small Art here.

Questions? Email realsmallart@gmail.com

Real Small Art Response... honor the good feeling.

Where do you live?
Key West, FL

Did you find Real Small Art?
Real Small Art was sent to my home.

What was your first reaction?
Surprise and complete joy! FUN!!

Who is the Artist?
Tiffany

What are you going to do with your Real Small Art?
It's in my kitchen, leaning on the window sill I look out every morning during breakfast. What better place to honor the good feeling??!

How did finding Real Small Art affect your day, if at all?
I was excited. Very rarely do you get anything other then bills or junk mail. A piece of art was quite the pleasant surprise!!

Real Small Art Response... like Christmas when I was a kid.

Where do you live?
Richmond, VA

Did you find Real Small Art?
Real Small Art was sent to my home.

What was your first reaction?
I was overwhelmed by the kind gesture. It's hard to pin point those "random acts of kindness" in today's society, but Real Small Art is the essential definition. It's amazing to physically hold that "act of kindness."

Who is the Artist?
Tiffany

What are you going to do with your Real Small Art?
It hangs next to our door as a reminder to pass on our own act of kindness to others. It also inspires me to be grateful for the little things in life.

How did finding Real Small Art affect your day, if at all?
It was exciting! Like Christmas when I was a kid.

Name
Brie Hazelwood

Real Small Art.... Egret painting by Bev Browning

Real Small Artist Bev Browning will post this lovely egret painting in Gainesville, Florida this week.

Real Small Art... needed sunshine

Where do you live? (City, State) Wingate, NC

Did you find Real Small Art? If so, how: Real Small Art was sent to my home.

What was your first reaction?
What's this?!?!

What are you going to do with your Real Small Art?
Display in my bedroom

How did finding Real Small Art affect your day, if at all?
A much needed spot of sunshine in a really stressful time of life.

Name (Optional) Ana

Real Small Art Response

Where do you live? (City, State)
Richmond, Va

Did you find Real Small Art? If so, how:
Real Small Art was sent to my home.

What was your first reaction?
I was very excited to receive this gift! I love the painting and I recognize the artist!

Who is the Artist? (If signed)
Tiffany

What are you going to do with your Real Small Art?
Hang it!

How did finding Real Small Art affect your day, if at all?
It was a delightful ending to a stressful day! Brought lots of smiles in my home.

Name (Optional) Mary McNeil

Additional Questions or Comments:
Thank you so much for sending this delightful, happy art!

Real Small Art Found in Gainesville, Florida

How did you hear about Real Small Art?
I found a piece

What do you think about this project?
It's cool, I am interested to learn more about it. I would like to meet the artist who made the piece.

Did you find Real Small Art? If so, how:
I found Real Small Art in a public place.

Who is the Artist? (If signed) B9(?)B (Note: The Artist is Bev Browning)

What are you going to do with your Real Small Art?
Hang it on the wall or place it on my desk.

How did finding Real Small Art effect your day, if at all?
It brought a smile to my face! It brought back my faith in humanity.

Name (Optional) John

Real Small Art found in Gainesville, Florida

How did you hear about Real Small Art?
I found an art piece

What do you think about this project?
It's awesome! Made me smile! I run a community arts program and think this is a great idea!

Did you find Real Small Art? If so, how:
I found Real Small Art in a public place.

Who is the Artist? (If signed)
Bev Browning (the dog piece)

What are you going to do with your Real Small Art?
My daughter is holding it right now and we are talking about sharing art and how it makes you happy. I will probably put it in my kitchen.

How did finding Real Small Art effect your day, if at all?
It's been a good day. I have felt positive and happy. I am glad that I took it!

Additional Questions or Comments:
Feel free to check out my website ... maybe I will get our kids to do a project with Real Small Art. www.gainesvillecreativekids.com

Thanks!

Free to a Good Home

Click here to read An Invitation to Participate

Real Small Art posted by A.H. Plante

A message from the artist:

Over the past month, I created 30 tiny paintings (3"x3" acrylic on wood panel) and just delivered them to the activities director at St. Mary's Woods assisted living home in the West End as part of the Real Small Art pro-bono/community project. This assisted living location was selected at random from the phone book, and needless to say, they were surprised and excited about this fun/free idea! They plan to hide the paintings in plain site around the facility for the residents to discover.

There is a tiny "Take Me!" note on the side of each panel, and a note on the back that reads: "Finders keepers! (Artist: A.H.Plante, Goochland VA, 2009. Make it, love it, give it away.) c/o Real Small Art League, Richmond VA -- Inspiring random acts of artistic kindness & creative awareness. Please go to realsmallart.com to help us track the project."

The residents should start finding these little guys in the next few days, so stay tuned. The director plans to e-mail feedback after all paintings have been found over the next few weeks.

This was fun!

Take care,

Alyson

Real Small Art Found at Cartwheels and Coffee

Where did you find Real Small Art? Cartwheels and Coffee

Who is the Artist? (If signed) Tiffany Glass Ferreira

What are you going to do with your Real Small Art? Hang it in my daughters room most likely. Her name is Lily and the Painting is of a flower

How did finding Real Small Art effect your day, if at all? I was excited! I knew what it was from hearing about it. I let everyone around me know, and cartwheels and coffee was excited too.

What do you think about this project?
I dig it, I think its a great campaign to release art into the world! I think it is one of those small things that make living here just a little sweeter.

Real Small Art 2.0 posted by Bugsss and LionsForge

Bugsss and I, LionsForge, were at Grayson-Highlands State Park October 3rd & 4th. While there we did some hiking and geocaching. There are a good number of caches in the park. We found one between the Pinnacles and swapped a Pwca (LionsForge Real Small Art) for a skull eraser. We had a great time. Looking forward to next time, more hikes and more caches to find. Next up we will find the Real Small Art cache and drop in a piece from each of us.

Richard Garrett Jr

http://lionsforge.blogspot.com/

&

Laura Garrett

http://bugsssva.blogspot.com/

Creative Cache Trades ~ Sneak Peek!

We stopped by the geocache today to see what creative trades people have left for Real Small Art:

Find the Real Small Art Geocache ~ visit http://www.geocaching.com/ and search for cache GC1YA1Z.

Real Small Art Geocache ~ We did it!

The Real Small Art geocache was inspired by a Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper article about an art exhibit at Bon Air's Hazen Library over100 years ago.

You can read the entire article here: http://bit.ly/lFtqt

If you'd like to find the cache, register for FREE on http://www.geocaching.com, then search for cache GC1YA1Z by RealSmallArt. If you'd like to take artwork from the cache, bring something tiny to trade.

Send me a message if you have ANY questions ~

Tiffany
realsmallart@gmail.com

Real Small Art by Elke Talbot

Real Small Art by Elke Talbot

Caribbean house was left in Aragorn's Workshop

Trellis Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Real Small Art by Elke Talbot

Sail boat was left in Bits and Pieces Cafe

Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Real Small Art Geocaching

Real Small Art posted in a Richmond Geocache this week ~ finders keepers.

Real Small Artists ~ why not place artwork into caches in your area? To find a place near your house, visit: www.geocaching.com and enter your zip code. You will see icons displayed on a google map to indicate the caches in your neighborhood.

You're welcome to email me if you have any questions about getting started: iknowtiffany@gmail.com

Real Small Art 2.0

The #1 FAQ from Real Small Artists is, “Where do I post?” The #2 is, “Will someone who will appreciate it find it?” Here's a solution involving outer space satellites and Tupperware.

Have you heard of geocaching?

Described by geocaching.com, it’s a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. There are 878,742 active geocaches in the world, including more than 100 within a 5 mile radius of my house. Freaky.

Described by me, imagine two dots displayed on a map: The red dot = you, green dot = a cache. You walk towards the green dot, you find a cache. Now imagine the cache contains art.

So, I tried it today. I wasn’t sure if I could actually find a cache, but this morning I took my kids to the same park, the same path, the same place we’ve visited at least three times this month… and there, we found our first cache. I put art in the cache, finders keepers.

Geocaching.com provides free accounts, maps and complete instructions here: www.geocaching.com. If you visit the web site, type in your zip code and check out the secret stashes in your own backyard.

Let me know if you try it, if you have any questions or suggestions. I plan to continue documenting posted art and found art on the blog.

Tiffany

RSA posted in Carytown

I posted Real Small Art at Carytown's Cartwheels and Coffee today... what a great momspot. You get a latte, the tots get to climb and play indoors for a while. Read their story here:
http://www.cartwheelsandcoffee.com/cartwheels/our_story.html