Small Works

Studio 155 artists painted 4"x 4" plant idioms. Our very own Elizabeth Ward Carter constructed an accordion book and incorporated these small works. Here is her description of this little treasure:


The book is a 5 3/4" square 10 page accordion structure.  It was made with black Fabriano Murillo paper, black book cloth and paste paper for the end papers. The closure is a glass bead with black satin ribbon. Each four inch square work of art is mounted with archival photo mounts. The work is displayed on both sides of a page so that when open the book has art on both sides. 

See a slideshow of our Small Works

HERE

See if you can match the painting to the idiom. Answers are provided below.

1. Apple of His Eye - watercolor on paper
2. Driving a Lemon - watercolor, ink and colored pencil 
3. Come up Smelling like a Rose - colored pencil on paper 
4. Life is a Bowl of Cherries - watercolor on paper 
5. Fresh as a Daisy - watercolor on paper 
6. Plant Colors - watercolor on paper 
7. One Bad Apple Spoils the Bunch - watercolor on paper 
8. Don’t Gild the Lily - oil and gold leaf on canvas
9. Skinny as a String Bean - gouache with 23Kt gilding on paper  
10. Shrinking Violet - watercolor and acrylic on paper 
11. Two Peas in a Pod - watercolor and pencil on paper 
12. Withering on the Vine - watercolor and colored pencil on paper 
13. Wallflower - watercolor on paper 
14. Rotten to the Core - oil on paper 
15. Sour Grapes - colored pencil on paper 
16. Every Rose has a Thorn - watercolor on paper 
17. Peaches and Cream - gouache on paper 

a.

Betsy Kelly

b.

 Debbie Bankert

c.

 Don B. Myer

d.

 Eileen Malone-Brown

e.

 Elizabeth Ward Carter

f.

 Ellen Tuttle

g.

 Eva-Maria Ruhl

h.

 Jan Denton

i.

 Jill M. Hodgson

j.

 Juliana Weihe

k.

 Kappy Prosch

l.

 Michael Rawson

m.

 Neena Birch

n.

 Roberta Bernstein

o.

S.M. Wilson

p.

 Vicki Malone

q.

Wendy W. Cortesi

1.  b

2.  n

3.  m

4. e

5.  h

6.  q

7.  i

8.  a

9.  d

10. p

11. c

12. k

13. l

14. g

15. f

16. j

17. o