These tiny 5 x 5 creations are more like sculptures than paintings. The mini paintings, or “mini cakes” were an experiment at first and then started to become a road map for Monica’s larger paintings. She took the inspiration for them and the color choices and mixtures from both photographs and paintings. With the texture they feel like sculptures. They look alive. They work beautifully in a pattern as a set or on their own. On a wall they appear to be floating and on a table for a vignette paired with other objects they’re colorful, tactile sculptures.

Read more about the mini cake paintings here.