An Artist’s Revelation in a Walking Canvas
love this. I usually paint on skateboard decks or surfboards myself. I would love to try out painting on sneakers.
Ms. Yoakum, 26, paints on sneakers. And while customizers may produce simple designs or special color schemes on shoes for the collectors sometimes called sneakerheads, she sees herself as an artist.
Among her nine creations on view at the Visual Arts Center are a black pair called “Scissorhands,” which feature Nike swooshes made of pieced-together bits of broken mirror next to a painted likeness of Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands (asking price: $1,500).
Since beginning her Internet-only business, Ms. Yoakum says, she has painted and shipped roughly 100 pairs of sneakers — mostly Nike Dunks, a style favored by collectors, and mostly for men. Each pair takes about a week to paint, she said, but reaching the painting stage can take weeks or months, while she and her clients refine the details of her intricate designs via e-mail.
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