Well, life has been pretty busy lately, but I'm still managing to find some time for painting. Mostly I've been working on several "mini" art pieces, namely ACEO cards. ACEO stand for Art Cards, Editions and Originals. These are small works of art the size of a baseball card, 2.5"x 3.5". Originally know as Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) and traded amongst artists themselves, the ACEO's are now purchased by consumers and art lovers as fine art collectibles the world over. Prices range from a mere few dollars to hundreds of dollars. I've been creating my cards with traditional wet media, mostly acrylic paints and placing them in my online art store at Artfire.com. You can see them at this link:

http://www.artfire.com/users/ArtByShirley

This one is one of my favorites:

 

This is what it would look like in a small frame.