"Moroccan Slippers" 6in x 6in oil

Now for something completely different!   I saw these shoes hanging on a friend's wall and I said "Oh, you should paint those."  She brought them to me and said "You paint them." Well, I spent an hour setting it up.   I started with them hanging since I thought they looked so cool when I first saw them.   I tried it with all kinds of backgrounds, tried them alone and with other props, different lighting (changing bulbs in the lights) and finally gave up on that idea and decided to try them on a surface.   I imagined they were on the floor after being worn.  It looked too plain so I went outside and cut off some peony leaves and put that in front of the light so they cast shadows over the shoes.  So if you didn't know what went into this view would you think they were just sitting on the floor of the porch?

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A couple 8"x8" oil

These shoes are just like a couple of people resting side by side in comfortable silence... and they even are starting to look alike!     

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One on top 8"x8" oil

What can I say... more ballet slippers.    I did light it so that the shadows in the background and off the ledge were cool in color.

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Ballet couple 8"x8" oil

Looking through my view finder for a long time I decided that cropping the left shoe was more exciting than showing the whole shoe, which made it look more conventional and also the ribbons became more important.

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Ballet ribbons 8"x8" oil

The ribbons steal the show in this painting.  I was happily painting along and all of a sudden I realized that I should stop... it was done!

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Ballet shoes cropped 6"x6" oil

I like cropping close.    It felt like I was painting an abstract.   Painting the ribbons is my favorite part.

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Ballet shoe sole 8"x8" oil

It is amazing to me that they don't wear these shoes very many times and they have to put so much work into them before they wear them like roughing up the leather sole and sewing on all the ribbons and elastic.    I cannot imagine wearing them.   You can give someone a concussion with the toe of the shoe.

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One Hung Shoe 8"x8" oil

After saying it out loud the title sounds like a dish from chinese takeout or maybe I just sneezed.   Anyway...  every time I start one of these ballet shoe paintings I feel uncomfortable and think that this time I have really more than I can handle.   But before you know it two hours have passed and it is done.   Sometimes getting into that uncomfortable zone is a good thing!

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Two ballet shoes 8"x8" oil

I love all these paintings of ballet shoes... my favorite part on this one is the shoe in the back, the glow on the inside and the shadow it makes on the wall.    The shadows are an important part of my 

compositions... on all my paintings.   

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One and a half ballet shoes 8" x 8" oil

When I decided to paint more than one shoe the 8" square seemed to work best.   Painting looser is something I have been trying to do.   Losing edges is a goal also.   After taking this long break from painting my perspective seems different also.   

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Ballet shoe ll 6"x6" oil

I cannot imagine wearing these shoes, not even for a minute.  A couple of ballerinas in Louisville donated these shoes to me a number of years ago for some paintings I was working on.   I love the image of the shoes not the pain of wearing them... not that I wore them.   I did take tap lessons... actually roller skating was more my thing.   Flying down the asphalt street with the clip on skates making sparks as I flew.  But I digress.   For these shoe paintings I have added a few other tube colors. John Howard Sanden's Pro Mix color system for portrait and figure painting.   I do not use them in my portraits, they don't really work for me, but they are the perfect colors for these ballet shoes.   

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Ballet shoe, 6 in x 6 in oil

I discovered my pile of ballet toe shoes and thought they might make good paintings.   I am working on keeping the painting loose.   The shoes are pink but they have a lot of grey in the color.   The ribbons may have been pink at one time but are faded a bit so they are more yellowish.  It is cosy to be painting inside while it is snowy, icy and freezing outside!   Today there is a covering if ice on everything!

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"Keen Mary Janes" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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I found these Keens on sale at Zappos outlet store here near Louisville.    Very comfortable!   Although orange would not have been my first choice.   This series has been a lot of fun to do and I have gotten lots of great comments from y'all but the only shoes I have left are black and boring so I guess I have to think of another subject to start on.   Hmmm, what will it be?

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"Long, skinny shoes" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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My mother found these shoes at a small town in Illinois and why she bought them is still a mystery to me.  She said they were custom made for a nun who maybe wore them once because they look new.   These shoes were probably made around 1920 and are 12" long and 3" at the widest part of the foot and I can get my foot in them but it looks like I'm wearing clown shoes.   I would love to see the feet that fit them.

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"Simple shoes" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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These are pretty comfortable sneakers made by "Simple".    I love the ribbon laces!   Doing these shoe paintings is reminding me of the days when I did fashion illustrations.

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"Old red shoes" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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I bought these red Perry Ellis shoes in 1985/86 my first winter in Chicago at a great shoe store in the Loop between Randolph and Michigan Ave on my lunch hour. They were my first (and last) pretty, leather shoes I ever bought.  I have danced in them until the leather is paper thin on the bottom.   They are 25 years old, does that make them antique?

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"Favorite Docs" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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I love these shoes!  These Doc Martins dress up any outfit or at least brighten your feet.  How can you not smile while wearing these.

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"Favorite Sandals" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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These are my favorite, most comfortable, wear all day sandals by Keen.   I wash them every other week in the machine with my darks and they come out fabulously.    I had to pick another pair of sandals to wear while painting them, it was hard but I made it through.   

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"Mom's accessories" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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These John Jerro shoes and purse were my mothers and I believe she wore them to the Kentucky Derby around 1963.   These shoes are made with leather inside and out with a woven floral silk covering and being a 9 1/2 N I can only wear them for about an hour or possibility two.   Now the purse, they just don't make them like this any more, it is also leather with the woven floral silk on the outside with a green silk satin lining, a zippered pocket on one side with three pockets on the other with one pocket lined in gold lame leather, that holds a double sided green/cream silk satin coin purse and the pocket next to that holds a rounded mirror.  Mother gave me these about 25 years ago and I believe I have worn them twice. 

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"Spectator Docs" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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These Doc Martins are great for swing dancing.  I haven't worn them out, lots of good dances left in them.   When the paint is wet, black is hard to photograph and to see while painting because of the sheen but after it dries I put a wax matte varnish on it and it even outs the strokes.   A shiny varnish will do the same also. I will re-photograph this one after it dries   I don't use black out of the tube, I mix together Burnt Sienna (Winsor Newton) and Ultramarine blue together.   This mixture is very versatile you can get a good range from orange brown to black depending on how much blue you use.  I very rarely use black from a tube.

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