April Moses Botkin Challenge–Favorite shoes

Drumroll, please! The April Challenge is now coming out of the closet (pun intended).

Here is my painting:

"Shoo-Fly" ©2009 Vicki Ross

Oil on Panel, 8x10 

And, yes, I really have a pair of these shoes...2 pair, actually. These are hand-made, bench made in the old fashion...the softest leather you will ever have on your feet. Originally from Alaska, these craftsmen do selected fine-art festivals across the country. Funky Feet will send you a pair, almost on approval. I can tell you that I usually wear an 8, but these I wear a 7. No two pair are ever alike. The handpainting is a bonus to the fabulous leather patterns. (The fly is not there, the octupus is).

Here is a photo of the real ones!

Here are the rest of the esteemed group I paint with: oops, their shoes.

"The Red Shoes"

Marie Fox

Oil on canvas

12" x 12"

Decisions

(c) 2009 Robin Cheers

8x9 Oil on paper board

Mike Beeman “Red Slippers”

6” x 6”

Pastel on Canson paper

"Knights in Pink Satin" 7x5" Oil on Panel

©2009 Diana Moses Botkin

"Baby Shoes" 6"x6" Oil on Board
©2009 Michael Naples

"Red Silk Espadrilles", 11x14 o/c.
©2009 Silvina Day