The Red Shoes - a Painted Pony, Contemporary Art by Laurie Pace with the Hans Christian Anderson's story of the Red Shoes
© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2020 Shiny Red Shoes by Laurie Pace 24 x 30 Oil on Canvas Available with small black frame. Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Shiny Red Shoes was so much fun to paint! Notice the thick thick paint and the exaggerated strokes of color. Exaggerated is the correct word for the story of Hans Christian Anderson. Anderson's story "The Red Shoes" was written in 1845. If you have not read it, it was about a young peasant girl that was adopted and in her life she was very vain. She had an old pair of red shoes as a foster child that she loved so much, she had her new foster mother buy her a new pair of red shoes. They were elegant and fit for a princess. Sadly the young girl was so attached to them she would not take them off. Along the way to ...