NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Tampa, FL, United States, 07/24/2008 - Shoe Designer Mark Schwartz launches his website of original paintings titled "High Heeled Art".

Mark Schwartz has taken his talent of shoe design and applied it to canvas. His new website of shoe art titled High Heeled Art is original paintings of women's shoes. The collection is a vivid spectrum of heels in motion, capturing the essence of high heels in a way that elevates the casual notion of shoes being works of art, to a level worthy of a gallery viewing.

High Heeled Art original paintings came at the heels of Schwartz's private shoe salon in New York, where he designed shoes from 1996-2003. With bare walls in need of decor, he took the advice of a friend from Vogue and used his art sketches to dress the walls of the shoe salon, only to see his clients' immediate interest in purchasing the art right off the walls.

Not since the 1950s has an artist used the shoe as their signature muse. And never has a shoe designer transformed his skills from a collection bound in leather to canvas. By using freehand, stencils and mixed media, Schwartz has immortalized the favorite accessory of women worldwide.

Schwartz began his career in the world of shoes by happenstance as the protégé to the inventor of the stiletto heel, Roger Vivier. His first shoe art sketches in 1985 were acknowledged and approved by Andy Warhol, who was the artist responsible for the 1955-1959 shoe art phenomenon.

From the art connoisseur to the shoe-obsessed maven, the High Heeled Art website also offers two styles of hand-painted, limited edition T-shirts. The T-shirts are wearable art for those who celebrate the composition of the shoe.

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