(Modernizing the Masters) Transformation of Ivy

A reinvention of Early Renaissance masterpiece The Birth of Venus by Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, best known as Sandro Botticelli.

The Transformation of Ivy is the fourth installment to the Modernizing the Masters collection by artist C.S.Hawks. During the time that this painting was created the artist went by his student name C.Wilson. This artifact has been signed C.Wilson on the original painting and can be seen in the right bottom by careful inspection. This painting was hand crafted with a variant of the Old Way of The Prestige Technique.

This parody remake was hand painted from scratch with graphite pencil & acrylic paint

How the art is crafted:

Pre-gessoed canvas is cut to a desired size

A piece of industrial masonite style panel is cut to size

And prepared with a gesso glue

While the canvas is soaking in water

The wet canvas is gently placed onto the prepared industrial panel

Then the canvas is lightly brushed with a flat edge to remove excess gesso

The new canvas sets for 24 hours to cure

Once cured

Drawing is performed by the hands of our artist.

Once drawn

Painting is performed by the hands of our artist.

Like a copper plate made for pressing vinyl records,

The original painting is crafted.

We call this method the Old Way of the Prestige Technique.

Prints of the painting are available for sale in 2 sizes on satin paper card stock that are signed on the back for authenticity by the artist.

A special canvas panel print production is available with embellishment of texture on the canvas print.

The canvas print is made and mounted to it's panel in the way of the “Prestige Technique” as mentioned above. Hand painted embellishments are brush sculpted by the artist with a unique technique working in acrylic medium, and continuous cure monitoring. Signed on the back for authenticity by the artist.

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