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Inspired by: The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli, 1485
MAKERS NOTES:
Black to teal thermal pigment used to represent the dark foreground and aqua blue ocean/sky in the background. Flakies used are reminiscent of rosy, golden, and pearl hued crushed seashells in ode to the shell Venus emerges from, as well as the falling flowers, and the cloak in which she is about to be draped in. Red to orange shifting aurora shimmer creates a warm glow and lit from within look that is representing a quintessential aspect of Renaissance paintings. Gold holo reflects light like the sun on the ocean and the twinkling of Venus’s lush locks.
ARTWORK HISTORY:
The Birth of Venus depicts a bare-naked Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, arriving on land, on the island of Cyprus, born of the sea spray and blown there by the winds emerging from a giant scallop shell. It embodies the rebirth of civilization, a new hope, geopolitical, social and cultural shift which occurred after the Middle Age turmoil.
Inspired by: Heart (Patterned)
Andy Warhol, 1979-1980
MAKERS NOTES:
This print reminded me of a Valentine’s Day box of chocolates with emo vibes. A black to red to pink thermal pigment is used to represent the fading of the cold black surrounding and the vibrant pink within. The red/pink/purple iridescent flakes add vibrancy and texture of the pink sections and the black micro flakes represent the overlapping shadowed elements.
Inspired by: Hearts Pink
Andy Warhol, 1962
MAKER’S NOTES:
Pink and white hearts used as literal representation of the hearts in Warhol’s print. Iridescent glitters take inspiration from the print’s ombre background. They reflect a rainbow of colors as lighting shifts and when layered over different base colors.
ARTWORK HISTORY:
Warhol’s use of heart motifs follows lineage of his earlier engagement with the discussion on desire and human emotion- a sustained and reoccurring theme of Warhol’s oeuvre. His engagement with the heart motif can be traced back to his early drawings in the 1950s. Hearts often appeared as “whimsical, romantic, or erotic attributes” in his art.
Dans un café/ L’Absinthe (In a café/The Absinthe Drinker)
Edgar Degas, 1875-1876
