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“Speak Softly”, 2020, acryla-gouache on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches. I know posting one of these a day creates the erroneous impression that these pop up quickly. I worked on all of them simultaneously, gridded out on a single sheet of Arches hot press paper, and spent much more time on them than I imagined or intended. But then, that’s one of things I enjoy about this: there’s a reason art is often referred to simply as “work”. #heatherleebirdsong #tinypainting #miniature #painting https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DojxKBSJ4/?igshid=86ug0b6ks42s

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“A Time of Migrations”, 2020, acryla-gouache on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. I started this one first, and it sat half-finished until I completed the 8 others on the sheet. #migrations #tinypainting #heatherleebirdsong #miniature #landscape #pandemicdreaming https://www.instagram.com/p/B_a9FaGh23S/?igshid=1c1xh1bwfyyuz

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Mojave Dream, two-color reduction relief print. This is one of the APs I kept for myself. The edition is for @rainboeliza’s 10th (!) annual print exchange. I look forward to getting back prints from the other participants after the new year. #heatherleebirdsong #smidgeonpress #rainboelizastudios #vividexchange #printmaking https://www.instagram.com/p/B6bwfSShp9Z/?igshid=n4nrmoce3zd5

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“Down in the Valley”, 2020, acryla-gouache on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. Last tiny painting from the first sheet. #heatherleebirdsong #tinypainting #landscape #americanfolk #pandemicdreaming https://www.instagram.com/p/B_dHQ1qhoqK/?igshid=z78n5me4d7sf

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“Spells and Conjurations”, 2020, acryla-gouache on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. I was a little intimidated by the pink background, but once I got going it was like magic. #heatherleebirdsong #pandemicdreaming #miniature #painting #conjuration 
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YS42zBKiZ/?igshid=14bb1le3sqiwf

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“O Very Well”, 2020, acryla-gouache on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. I’m personally quite fond of this one. #heatherleebirdsong #tinypainting #polygons #miniaturepainting #quarantineart https://www.instagram.com/p/B_OMxVMBq0-/?igshid=1a3em5i1ghtcd

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Another of my mini-paintings: “Which Foot Itches”, 2020, acryla-gouache on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches. A warm gray polygonal shape in a little forest clearing. The title is from Botkin’s A Treasury of American Folklore (1944), quoting Carl Sandburg’s The People, Yes: “If your right foot itches you will soon start on a journey, if it's your left foot you will go where you are not wanted.” #miniaturepainting #heatherleebirdsong #polygons #forestpark #carlsandburg https://www.instagram.com/p/B_A5JOmh8FQ/?igshid=5frnldo946y6

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“Absence of Mind”, 2020, acryla-gouache on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches. Another of my tiny paintings. Second image includes my hand for scale. A foggy, tree-covered hill over a lake - an imaginary location that is everywhere and nowhere, based on a sketchbook doodle made on a wintry drive between Portland and Eugene. #miniaturepainting #landscape #pacificnorthwest #foggy #heatherleebirdsong https://www.instagram.com/p/B--eXLBhL9X/?igshid=1hxlqri3jz422