High Heeled Art - Artistic Renderings of Shoes

Shoe designer Mark Schwartz has been creating his designs and capturing them on paper for over twenty years.Mark's unique shoe paintings are collected by clients all over the world,most of his work are extensions of designs he has created over the years for women all over the world,Schwartz views the shoe as the most important and artistic of all the accessories which in turn creates a unique and interesting art form. Please scroll down to Blog Archive to view more paintings.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

FRINGE - MARK SCHWARTZ

Fringe
22 x 30 inches,watercolor on paper - $450.00
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So much of my work is based around the high heel,this particular piece I feel is the best example
of my work to date as far as a flat sandal goes.
The colors ,the way the shoes are situated flow in a way that makes them seem to be floating off the paper.

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PAINTINGS OF SHOES
MARK SCHWARTZ
SHOE ART

BOWL AND SHOES - MARK SCHWARTZ

Bowl and Shoes
16 x 20 inches,watercolor on paper - $395.00
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I have always enjoyed playing the shoe off of other objects such as this one here, the bowl with it's Asian feeling and the pumps for one reason or another resting in the bowl with heels hanging over the edge.

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PAINTINGS OF SHOES
MARK SCHWARTZ
SHOE ART
CHINESE BOWL

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

STANCE - MARK SCHWARTZ

Stance
14 x 48 inches,watercolor on paper - $595.00
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Stance to me captures the way I like to look at the shoe and the movement of the ballet.
In this particular piece I use four images and bleed them a bit down the paper.
I love the faded out or washed feeling this piece gives off and the colors of the red and blues mixing together.

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PAINTINGS OF SHOES
MARK SCHWARTZ
SHOE ART

BLUE BALLET - MARK SCHWARTZ

Blue Ballet
32 x 41 inches,watercolor on paper - $595.00
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My love again continues for the ballet in this piece,I thought it would be fun to
do a larger piece this time,giving it a lot of focus and meaning.
The blue color with black and white trim gives it movement with just enough bleed in the ink to take up surface and give it a fluid effect.

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PAINTINGS OF SHOES
SHOE ART
MARK SCHWARTZ

STAND TWO - MARK SCHWARTZ

Stand Two
12 x 16 inches,watercolor on paper $345.00
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I have always been in love with the movement and art of the ballet.
In this particular piece like some of my other ballet or dance inspired pieces I have added a high heel to the mix giving it a sense of fashion and whimsicality as well.

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PAINTINGS OF SHOES
MARK SCHWARTZ
SHOE ART BALLET

Monday, December 7, 2009

TWO IN RED - MARK SCHWARTZ - SOLD - Dec.7, 2009

Two In Red
22 x 30 inches,watercolor on paper - SOLD
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PAINTINGS OF SHOES
MARK SCHWARTZ
SHOE ART

ARC - MARK SCHWARTZ

ARC
22 x 30 inches,watercolor on paper - $495.00
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I believe in color!
I am always looking for new ways to present the shoe or in this case the boot,I had this vision of joining the leg and the boots together and this is what I came up with.
In all my work I run the watercolors a bit to give my work the fluidity I am known for.
I enjoy the way this piece curves and lends to a rainbow effect.

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Testimonial's - From actual client's

I have Mark Schwartz shoes from when he designed the actual Shoes. They are fabulous, flirty and chic beyond Sexy..... Now that Mark is designing Shoe Art, I am in awe and wish I could own more that the one painting that I do. I want them all. I have the Pink Ballet Slippers... They are so beautiful and the pinks are so true to life - that the Slippers look like they are whimsically dancing off the paper. One day I will own more Mark Schwartz art. He is a one of a kind designer. Talented. Whimsical, and greater than a Picasso with his flow of colors. Mark Schwartz is my newest favorite Designer. and he designs what I love most. Shoes....
Donna J. Sellitti

Hola Mark

Last week I was seeing the Daily Painters web site and saw a painting of you titled Stance. I can not avoid to send you my commentaries. It is a very artistic piece, a sort of dance of the seven veils, where you discover it layer over layer. At the first far look it seems an abstract painting, just hurry busy color spots going quickly somewhere. The painting brings a movement sensation in all senses, there are synchronic and soft vertical wavy movements and there are a serial color lines moving along the horizontal plane. When you are nearer it can see to appear may be some organics shapes joined one to other by shivering lines … jellyfishes ? a chinese dragon? …no … you finally discover they are shoes... great! The same vertical color lines you saw at the beginning mutate in those characteristic fast ballerina movements although shoes are in a static stance. Beautiful color mix, specially oranges and purples. It is interesting how color also acts like other element of continuity inside the piece, just a touch of color coming from the above couple of shoes and it reaches a stronger joined composition.

A painting full of color and movement which playfully play with your mind along all the discovering process. Very good job Mark.
Eva Ximena Cabrera - Santiago Chile

I recently bought one of Mark's "Shoe" paintings. Mark's paintings are
unusual in many ways. First, he's a guy and he paints womens' shoes, and
does a great job of it! He uses much or all of the paper and always adds
just the right colors. By the time I got my painting in the mail and got
it unrolled and could really study it, I was hoping he could go the next
step and I could actually OWN those very shoes! I guarantee if he went
"the next step" and really did make them, the only problem he would have
would be to keep them in stock!
Helen

After 25 years of designing chic stilettos and sandals in the tradition of his mentor, Roger Vivier, Mark Schwartz knows a thing or two about what makes a good shoe. While most designers easily recognize the artful craftsmanship of this everyday accessory, few have actually dedicated years to capturing its subtle beauty on paper as Mark Schwartz has done throughout his prolific career. So with paintbrush in hand, he has been transforming this three-dimensional object into a visually provocative subject matter with his vibrant, color-saturated paintings.

Schwartz’s paintings capture the unique aesthetics of the pop art movement, while also incorporating the rhythmic brush strokes of one of his idols, Jackson Pollack. In his paintings, the shoes dance in a colorful sweep of abstract, geometric shapes—conveying that very same movement and grace women experience when wearing a stunning pair of his stilettos.

And Schwartz, as both a designer and painter, proves that the shoe can be reinvented again and again, but it is through his paintings, that this every day object is elevated into an iconic art form.
Nicole Anderson

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MY WORK

I have been painting shoes as art for over twenty plus years, it is a personal passion of mine that i have enjoyed sharing with thousands of clients around the world.
My work is varied, I do have paintings in my archives for sale, if there is something special in mind just drop me an email, I do a lot of commissioned work as well, I sometimes get clients who want me to paint their favorite pair of shoes, they send me a picture or the shoes themselves.
Most of my work is based off of designs that I have done in real shoes over the years, being a working shoe designer I have a lot of ideas and enjoy putting them down and expressing them in my artwork.
My prices do average from $400.00 to $5000.00. I enjoy reaching all types of clients with all different budgets in mind.
Would love to hear from you if you have a comment or would like a special piece.
Best
Mark

THOUGHTS

I have been designing shoes in Italy for my entire career and I have had the good fortune to work with some of the most recognized names in our industry.
In 1985 while working with Roger Vivier I met Andy Warhol and to make a long story short, it was Warhol who encouraged me to pursue my paintings of shoes as you view them today.
My work is a part of who I am and is a part of my love for shoes and for the life and joy that they bring to so many people around the world.
I am often asked the question, what brings me more satisfaction to design a shoe or to paint a shoe and capture it in a painting?
I love both but I must say that painting a shoe as art, taking a sketch or scribble of an idea and making it into a painting that hangs in someone's home, office or store gives me an exceptional feeling of personal joy and happiness.
I hope you enjoy the vision and expression that I put down on paper, please feel free to email me and share your thoughts at any time, I look forward to hearing from you.
Mark

High Heeled Art - Artistic Renderings of Shoes

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

FRINGE - MARK SCHWARTZ

BOWL AND SHOES - MARK SCHWARTZ

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

STANCE - MARK SCHWARTZ

BLUE BALLET - MARK SCHWARTZ

STAND TWO - MARK SCHWARTZ

Monday, December 7, 2009

TWO IN RED - MARK SCHWARTZ - SOLD - Dec.7, 2009

ARC - MARK SCHWARTZ

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