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Sent: 9/11/2022 5:25:12 PM

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A little story about some shoes.

Dear [FIRST NAME],

We were about to trash or recycle these shoes, then i remembered that Van Gogh painted a pair of shoes, actually he painted many pairs of shoes!

So, to try being "just like Van Gogh" ;) ha-ha, not really ... i decided to paint shoes too! The following shows my process with the painting.

i preface the pictures to say i painted the shoes on a canvas that held a painting made for the February 2022 12x12 fundraiser exhibit at our city museum.

The canvas first had an acrylic underpainting and drips with acrylic paint and ink as one of the first layers. Then i used cold wax and oil to make the 12 x 12 painting "Energy vs Anergy".

this is the orientation i used for my shoe painting

Then i began painting the still life shoes and the progress pics are below.

charcoal drawing

(over the oil & cold wax ... tricky!)

adding my color

upright shoe needs laces!

b&w Asolos

These 2 paintings of shoes painted by Vincent were some of my inspiration. i actually got to see Van Gogh's painting of the dark, slip-in style shown here on the left/top at the Houston Art Museum a few years ago (that is the photo that i took).

Here are the shoes we saw in the window in Avignon! Forgot i had a photo ... took it before buying because we thought maybe we would get some like them when we got home, but nope, we bought them there!

Gray Asolos

oil & cold wax over acrylic underpainting on canvas

12 x 12 inches

i already posted this painting on social, but it is not "live" on my website yet (i know you have a picture that my Boldbrush people already shared to your emails ... i don't have control over that, but it is ok!). i just wanted you guys to see this progress & info post first ... usually do things like this on my studio journal, but just felt like putting it in a newsletter this time!

i plan to publish Gray Asolos to my website on Wednesday, Sept 14.

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Stay healthy and safe and enjoy this season of senescence.

Teri Robus Studio