Dorothy Shoes plays to Tori Pounds’s instinct for the emotional charge of familiar objects. Working from the UK in the space where memory and imagination blur, she reaches for a shoe as a symbol of journey, desire, and transformation — cultural reference and personal association at once — without ever settling into literal illustration.
It is oil on canvas, the medium worked for depth, softness, and layered transitions. The composition keeps the object present but never fully explained, holding the line between recognition and feeling. At 60 × 50 cm it works as a focal point at close range, where atmosphere and detail surface slowly the longer you look.
Oil on canvas · 2024 · 60 × 50 cm (23.6 × 19.7 in) · Original, one of a kind · Stretched and mounted on a wooden frame · Certificate of authenticity included.