{"id":19636,"date":"2024-09-30T15:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?p=19636"},"modified":"2025-05-22T00:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:39:22","slug":"the-shoe-stand-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?p=19636","title":{"rendered":"Shoe rivalry&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30 September, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM-1024x788.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM-1024x788.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM-665x512.png 665w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM-24x18.png 24w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM-36x28.png 36w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM-48x37.png 48w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-9.39.57-PM.png 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Acrylic on board, 11 x 16&#8243;, CAD 350<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All painting gives me great pleasure, but there are some pieces that do so more than others. This new work is based on a wedding I once attended in Richmond Park, London (UK). I looked at the shoes on the bridesmaids and I thought to myself: &#8220;Never will I be seen in one of those elegant high-heeled shoes!&#8221; Because I tend to prefer walking around barefoot or in sneakers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My feet hurt while looking at the angles of their feet and angles, but, admittedly, it did make for a pretty picture. And one that I always remembered as an inspiration to paint. So here it is. A small board and a simple scene. But once you really look at it, your will see it for more than just shoes on bridesmaids. This is a veritable stand-off between two shoes! With the black pair supervising&#8230;. Hope you enjoy seeing it as much as I did creating this scene!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 September, 2024 All painting gives me great pleasure, but there are some pieces that do so more than others. This new work is based on a wedding I once attended in Richmond Park, London (UK). I looked at the shoes on the bridesmaids and I thought to myself: &#8220;Never will I be seen in one of those\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?p=19636\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2671],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists-blog"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Nicky","author_link":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?author=1"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?cat=2671\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Artist&#039;s Blog<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Artist&#039;s Blog<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 12 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on ","modified":"Updated on "},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on  ","modified":"Updated on  "},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19636"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19673,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19636\/revisions\/19673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}