These were an experiment for a show

recently. I liked the feel of them and the panel

they are painted on. My daughter's shoes...

have alot of my kids shoes....there were alot of

feet that wore all of them...

hand me downs...now to try and paint them.

I like how these pink shoes turned out. They

are actually painted on a piece of left over siding

from my addition. Composite material that is smooth.

Then the panel the piece is mounted on has been

treated to look like a chalk board...and then I drew on it

with chalk. The whole thing reminds me of so many

aspects of childhood.

These are some antique shoes an antique dealer

I used to babysit for gave me as a present.

I have had them since I was 15 and finally got

around to their purpose. They will teach me alot

about painting and they are fun to draw!

Riley's shoes....from a life time ago. He now wears

size 13/14....HUGE feet...from such a cute little boy....

This last one is a collage on top of an old oil painting

done several years ago. It was fun to build the image into

something different with papers and textures.