The "Artist's Shoes" was a research project in my Colour Theory course. An Artist was to be researched and a shoe was to be choosen that best represents the artist, and to be painted on to best reflect the particular artist style. My artist choosen was Georgia O'keeffe. I represented her style of charcoal abstract to the back of my shoe; to the middle, I represented her paintings of enlarged blossoms; and to the front of my shoe, I represented her tall buildings showing perspective which were done usuallly with a night background.
I then presented my shoes on sand with stones and wood, because it represents where Georgia spent the last years of her life, her favourite place, which gave her a lot of inspiration for many of her paintings , "Ghost Ranch" in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I did this assignment as well, I chose Josef Albers who did the Homage to the Square. Sounds easy right? Little did I know, trying to get a perfect square using a shoe as your canvas is darn near impossible. I should have taken your route, using more organic subjects like flowers. You did a really great job, and I love the type of shoe you chose as well. It enhances the garden feel, sort of has a gardening boot feel to it.
ReplyDeleteThanks shan I really enjoyed doing this research project and painting the shoe.
ReplyDeleteI love the shoes. It is very creative. You had me following the link to Georgia O'Keeffle. This post was very informative. I enjoyed it. Keep up the great work.
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