shoes by geri pratt | ArtWanted.com

geri pratt
View Portfolio
Image 156 of 202
Added 22 Feb 2005
183 Views
21 Comments
Share This Image On...

Previous 156 of 202 Next

I had this assignment to draw shoes. Sometimes I swear professors intentionally come up with the most boring assignments to force students to test their imaginations and come up with something unique. I chose this young girl from Vietnam who'd lost both legs and an arm during the war. I'm sometimes razzed about my frequent anti-war themes, but now more than ever, I think it's the artist's duty to speak the conscience of the people.

View Artist Portfolio

21 Comments

shane mccullough 21 May 2012

Great concept and use of shadows and charcoal.

Lisa Savoy 14 May 2007

expression of emotion, idea, and concept...........moving the heart, the mind, and and body into motion..........

Crystal Sons 01 Nov 2006

Nice Work Geri.... Very touching... This is powerful...!!!

David Bodo 11 Jul 2006

Man THAT is art! Great concept and work!

abby fox 03 Mar 2006

loverly

Sara Deutsch 08 Dec 2005

Brilliant technique and moving and timely theme!

Chris Hoffman 02 Dec 2005

Completely amazing and original gallery you have,this one in particular caught my eye...great work.

Hillary LaClair 26 Sep 2005

Holy wow. I wish I had words to describe how much this touched me.. Regarding the skill, I always envy those who can successfully use charcoal.. so consider yourself envied.

Aleczandra Kulig 31 Mar 2005

A very powerful drawing you have here. It is simple but shows and tells so much. Nice work!

James Herrera 13 Mar 2005

this is a fantastic work of art

Evan Jensen 11 Mar 2005

ok, you excel at charcoal. very slick.

Christina Toews 09 Mar 2005

What a unique picture! Well done, very creative.

miranda meyer 25 Feb 2005

I really like this one...simple but breathtaking as well

Barbara Beck-Azar 24 Feb 2005

you greatly improved the original assignment. it's poignent!

Matt Machanian 23 Feb 2005

your work is true feeling! LOVE it !!! U have a fan!

francis kwok peng kin 23 Feb 2005

Great work and a big heart too!...

Nira Dabush 23 Feb 2005

strong & powerful work,Geri...I agree with u that sometimes professors come up with the most boring projects,I don't agree with you that they do it intentionally...and i definately don't agree that shoes is a boring subject to deal with ... :-)and not only because my grandfather was a shoes maker...