but for artist sarah mayojas they are a thinking of beauty.-old rising star of the art world, she's taken over a manhattan gallery for an unusual performance piece. trading stocks and turning their movements into paintings. it's a comment on what really drives stocks and how stocks drive our economy and culture. >> the financial markets have just grown in size and importance over the last 25 years in such a phenomenal almost sublime way. that i'm just responding to the world. >> reporter: mayojas used her own money to buy a dozen small thinly traded stocks, move their price, and then paint the trade on canvas. she picks stocks based largely on their quirky names. like paradise inc. or pope resources rather than fundamental analysis. >> the broker called me up and told me i was the only person on paradise. and that, you know, if i was sure what i was doing. which i was. >> reporter: yet her experiment came at a dramatic moment in the market. when sarah and the gallery planned this project several months ago, she had no idea she would be paintin