Thea Cadabra - David Bowie & Rainbow Shoes!

Thea Cadabra's shoe designs totally and completely blow my mind.  I chose to paint two of my favorites - one is of her "Lunar Loper" bootie - designed in 1979, it was inspired by David Bowie's song "Space Oddity." The booties are literally electric (the side lights blink and the back rocket glows and spins).  I painted them in acrylic (my new favorite medium) and chose to use the same font that is used on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" single. 

Her "All Weather" heels, were also painted in acrylic.  I loved painting the shimmery fabric in the clouds and rainbows.  The hardest part of these paintings was the fact that photo references of Thea's shoes are pretty hard to find.  Like several of my other paintings, I ended up arranging my own heels and boots the way I wanted to capture the composition and made a lot of educated guesses.  So far these are both my favorite pieces.

xoxo

Ray

Splash! Charlotte Olympia's Mermaid-inspired Shoe Paintings

I seriously love Charlotte Olympia's SS14 mermaid-inspired collection.  All of her designs are pretty amazing so I decided to paint two that are my favorite.  Both these lobster heels and her fish shoes are beautiful and highly creative.  I love how she pays attention to the little details that make each shoe incredibly special, unique, and most of all a work of art.    

xoxo
Ray

Barbie Heads & Spiked Stilettos

Recently I started painting my favorite shoes that I think are beautiful and inspiring.  If I had unlimited funds I would definitely own all of them, and 3/4 of my apartment would be my closet.  So I figure if I can't have them, I might as well paint them as a homage to their designers.  Plus it turns out I love painting pretty shoes almost as much as I love wearing them!

Below are two of my favorites - Jeffrey Campbell's Barbie shoes, and some seriously wickedly spiked red Louboutins! Both are sculpturally amazing in their own right, and put a twist on traditional footwear.  I also like the social statements they both make.

Many more to come soon!

xoxo

Ray