Geometric Redux Studies
Artwork Series by Andre Brik, Brazil
For the geometric redux reinterpretation homage series, I start observing the masterpiece painting in detail: the palette of colors used, the contrasts between light and shadow, the shades, and the shapes.
Then I sketch a lot, deconstructing the original composition in basic shapes and primary colors. I also use a support grid, a "flexible template" that helps me to find the simplification possibilities without limiting the creativity. Within this grid, I search for alignments, patterns, stylizations, color reductions and shapes up to a maximum point of formal simplification, just a step before the original work can't be recognized.
And then I put the "puzzle" pieces together on the computer, fitting shapes and overlapping transparent gradients as in a vectorial “vellatura” so I can recreate the original artwork in my style.
Geometric Redux Study after Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks
New Media, Edition of 20
58 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper
Geometric Redux Study after Georgia O’Keeffe’s Cow’s Skull: Red, White and Blue
New Media, Edition of 20
60 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper
Geometric Redux Study after Klimt’s The Kiss
New Media, Edition of 20
60 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper
Geometric Redux Study after Munch’s Scream
New Media, Edition of 20
60 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper
Geometric Redux Study after Tarsila's Abaporu
New Media, Edition of 18
57 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper
Geometric Redux Study after Van Gogh’s Starry Night
New Media, Edition of 20
60 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper
Geometric Redux Study after Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
New Media
60 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper
Geometric Redux Study after Vermeer's Girl With Pearl Earrings
New Media
57 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper