Lorraine Vail grew up in the Philadelphia area where she received her BFA from the University of the Arts before moving to San Francisco in 1983.

From an early age, she has been passionate in the pursuit of her art. Apprenticed at fifteen and classically trained as a painter, she went on to major in Illustration, thinking it a more practical way of earning a living than perhaps the so called ‘fine arts’. But the nature of a life spent in the pursuit of art dictates that you follow your passions.

While working as a freelance illustrator in New York and Philadelphia in the 1980’s, Lorraine’s interests turned to sculpting. The sculptural work was very well received and provided her with a career in the fine arts disproving her childhood notion that illustration would ultimately provide greater stability. For the next two decades, Vail created large scale works for public spaces and sold limited edition bronzes in Art Galleries before creating the miniature shoes we have come to know as Just the Right Shoe™ ten years ago. To learn more and see samples of Lorraine’s paintings and sculptures please her website http://www.fineartstudioonline.com/LorraineVail