New Listings on Etsy

I just listed a bunch of new artwork for sale on Etsy, in addition to my shoes:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/CatherineLaPointe

Low prices, low shipping, because I'm doing Spring Cleaning in my closet :)

Kids Art Academy

I taught a class of ten-year-olds about sneaker painting today. All of them were little artists in the making! We were a small group, but I was pleased that all of them were very interested in the project and excited about their shoes. Hopefully they will get miles of wear out of them.

Joe the Barbarian

Just bought the first 5 issues of Joe the Barbarian! I am so excited to see this, it's illustrated by my favorite comic book artist, Sean Murphy! His inks just have this delicious bold gruffness to them. I wouldn't call them rough, they can be smooth and detailed when he wants them to be, but I can only describe them as "manly". Check out the whole book here:

Joe the Barbarian

I have seen most of the inked pages already (I like them better in black and white, I've found) because I follow Sean on deviantArt. I had put off buying this for a while because as the project went on, I could tell Sean was getting a little sick of it. The younger subject matter isn't really his ideal gig. But I loved the pages so much I went and bought it anyway, and the artwork is worth it (no offense to Dave Stewart, but I'd still rather see it in b&w). You can see more of Sean's art below:

Sean Murphy

Pictures From My Art Show

Thanks to all who braved the winter storm to come to my art show opening!

See You There!

St. Lawrence County Arts Council, 51 Market St., Potsdam, will open a new exhibit "Fancy Footwork" Saturday, Feb. 25, featuring creative shoes and paintings by Catherine LaPointe. There will be an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. and the exhibit will run through April 14. LaPointe’s new book “Urban Legends Across America – The A-Z Anthology” will be available for sale. For more information, visit www.slcartscouncil.org or call 265-6860

http://northcountrynow.com/hometown-photos/potsdam/shoe-potsdam

Nice Large New Pictures!

Updated my website in the last week. Only a couple of new images, but some big changes to the layout and sizing. Check out the fancy new pages, now SuperSized!

http://catherinelapointe.com

I have gotten comments that my images are too small. While I absolutely detest those pop-up galleries that darken your screen and take forever to load, I realized I had to do something to give a better view of my art. I know better than anyone, working in tech support, how many people hang on to old slow computers and tiny outdated monitors with low resolutions. I had kept my website at a super small size for years, in case one of these dinosaurs decided to browse my art. I decided, however, that the types of people who never update their computers and are fine with squinting at a small fuzzy monitor are not really the type of people who are going to really browse my website anyway. I decided to upgrade and work with a larger resolution size, giving my images a little more room to grow. It's still well within the range of most laptop monitors, but now hopefully you can see all the itty-bitty brushstrokes a little bit better. Hope you enjoy, and I always welcome comments.

Say What?

Say Yes!

Here's one version of my last painting. Man, this one gave me hell. I redid it about 6 times.