Peaceful Soleutions

Peaceful Soleutions
Global Art Project for Peace 2010

Many thanks to contributors from Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Europe, --- Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Ukraine, United States --- Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin for their additions to the final creation.

Peace, rooted in the soles of all nations… a feat we can attain by dedicating our soles and our souls to the concept, one step at a time.



Eight years ago, I began photographing feet...babies, family, friends. The concept quickly expanded to include digital art created from those photographic images. Thus was born Foot for Thought...we are all the same where our soles touch the Earth.

Soles, souls; heel, heal; feet, feat; word and images...double entendre leads the viewer beyond the obvious to deeper introspection. Each of us is different, yet each is the same. Each leaves a unique footprint on this Earth. Small, smooth, curled in infancy. Calloused, wrinkled, withered as we age. Just as our life is mirrored in our face, it is also reflected in our feet. Regardless of how we color, distort, or manipulate our soles, we remain eternally connected to each other by our souls. Footprints remind us of the imprint, great of small, that we each leave behind.

In 2009, pondering the 2010 GAP art exchange, the idea of Peaceful Soleutions began to formulate. I solicited soles from friends and strangers alike, with a vision of creating an all-inclusive montage. In the end, people from six continents, fifteen countries, and sixteen states lent their soles to the endeavor.