Artist Trading Cards

Alice Cook, Artist trading cards

According to Wikipedia, "Artist trading cards (or ATCs) are miniature works of art about the same size as modern trading cards baseball cards, or 2 ¹⁄₂ by 3 ¹⁄₂ inches.  Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, papercuts, found objects, etc.) or even metals or fiber."  While cleaning out my studio, I came across a binder containing artist trading cards that I made several years ago.  The one on the left was an oil painting I did on a canvas pad.  I didn't like the painting as a whole, but thought the flowers were okay, so I cut it out and made it into an ATC.  The one on the right is part of a paint by number that I never completed, so I cut it up and created another ATC.  Enjoy!