Art doesn’t have to be grand to be wonderful. In some ways the tiny pieces are all the more skilful because of the precision required in both execution and composition. On a tiny canvas you have to very picky about what you put on it, otherwise you’re going to run out of room and it’s going to look crowded.

This tiny painting sits in my living room on its tiny easel. By virtue of its size and portability, it regularly moves around. On the buffet last week, on the dining table this week, perhaps the bookshelf next.

It is a gem by Ballarat artist Holly Would, who is clearly a mistress of the tiny brushes. I love the composition – the sweeping circle of yellow, like the a tiny sun holding up a purple sky, with a divinely pretty flower in the jug. There’s a real joy in it – in the simplicity, the bold colours, and the beauty.

Holly’s tiny painting on its tiny easel with my hand for scale.