| | | | Just the Right Shoe, Lorraine Vail's Collectible Miniature Shoes | |
About the Artist |
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"Shoes to a woman are like cars are to a man: fast, stylish, and sexy. They are toys for grownups."
- Lorraine VailLorraine Vail grew up in the Philadelphia area where she received her BFA from the University of the Arts before moving to San Francisco.
From an early age, she has been passionate in the pursuit of her art. Apprenticed at fifteen and classically trained as a painter, she went on to major in illustration.
Sh was freelancing in New York and Philadelphia in the 1980's when Lorraine's interests turned to sculpting. The sculptural work was very well received and for the next two decades, Vail created large scale works for public spaces and sold limited edition bronzes in fine Art Galleries before creating the award winning miniature shoes we have come to know as Just the Right Shoe™ more than ten years ago.
Now painting in oils again, she is also enjoying working in watercolor with brush and ink. "It's such a fast and spontaneous medium," the artist says, "so compatible with contemporary high fashion and home decor."
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