Sale Price:
$2,000.00
Original Price:
$4,000.00
Specs: 48 × 60 in, Oil, latex, acrylic, gouache, yarn, Swarovski crystals, charcoal, coffee on canvas, 2023.
From the “Souls of Soles.” Collection
A glittering relic becomes a biography. From a single stiletto found on a Houston street, Tra Slaughter builds a portrait of the woman who wore it. Paint, yarn, and crystals fuse into a tender, high-voltage meditation on desire, risk, and the paths we take when the night feels like it might never end.
For eighteen months, Slaughter gathered castoff shoes across Houston, then chose eighteen to honor as lived histories. “Diamond Soles/Souls” elevates a lone high heel into an intimate character study. Oil and latex create the body, gouache and charcoal sketch memory, while braided yarn and Swarovski crystals spark with nightlife energy. Coffee stains and scuffs keep the glamour honest. The composition holds tension between shimmer and wear, fantasy and fatigue, the story you present and the truth that trails behind you. By refusing literal portraiture, Slaughter allows viewers to complete the narrative from their own nights out, close calls, and prized mistakes. It is both ode and elegy, a celebration of a woman’s charge into the world and the quiet cost that follows.
Specs: 48 × 60 in, Oil, latex, acrylic, gouache, yarn, Swarovski crystals, charcoal, coffee on canvas, 2023.
From the “Souls of Soles.” Collection
A glittering relic becomes a biography. From a single stiletto found on a Houston street, Tra Slaughter builds a portrait of the woman who wore it. Paint, yarn, and crystals fuse into a tender, high-voltage meditation on desire, risk, and the paths we take when the night feels like it might never end.
For eighteen months, Slaughter gathered castoff shoes across Houston, then chose eighteen to honor as lived histories. “Diamond Soles/Souls” elevates a lone high heel into an intimate character study. Oil and latex create the body, gouache and charcoal sketch memory, while braided yarn and Swarovski crystals spark with nightlife energy. Coffee stains and scuffs keep the glamour honest. The composition holds tension between shimmer and wear, fantasy and fatigue, the story you present and the truth that trails behind you. By refusing literal portraiture, Slaughter allows viewers to complete the narrative from their own nights out, close calls, and prized mistakes. It is both ode and elegy, a celebration of a woman’s charge into the world and the quiet cost that follows.
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