Lausanne's RENT shoes

Custom Shoes for Lausy. She requested these a LONG time ago

It's Gordon and Roger from Jonathan Larson's Rent. She's probably the ONLY person in the world who puts those two together. In case you don't know, Gordon is the one who has the 'I'm a New Yorker. Fear is my life." spiel. He also, in the stage version, has the "Will I" solo.

On the shoes, Gordon is balling up paper (thought of, by me, to be musical paper or whatever it is you call the stuff you write music on) and tossing it at Roger. Roger sighs but puts up with his silly Gordon.

On the sides are the lyrics 'Give in to love/Or Live in Fear" with the appropriate parts from the score on the inside side. (If that makes any sense.)

The heel has a rainbow.

Sketched on in pencil and then inked with a black fabric marker. Lines then erased and canvas cleaned up as best I could

Then colored with my brand new Prismacolor markers! After that, a layer of glaze was applied to the whole thing. :D


This type of shoe would go for $60 CND.