Amazingly Detailed Oil Paintings...On Pennies

Pennies are useless, right? Not for artist Jacqueline Lou Skaggs, who used them as canvases for a series of 12 miniature oil paintings.

Painted in remarkable detail on pennies she actually found, Skaggs depicts a number of scenes including a bowl of fruit, bales of hay, a baseball and several faces. We think it’d be good luck for life if you found one of these face-up on the street.

Take a look at a photo gallery of the pennies below. The picture to the right shows how they were displayed in an actual gallery.

Click an image to see it full size. To move to the next image, click on the image or use the right arrow key.