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An artist transforms old jeans with designs inspired by famous paintings from Van Gogh and Monet
An artist transforms old jeans with designs inspired by famous paintings from Van Gogh and Monet
Celia FernandezAug 27, 2020, 02:52 IST
Kessler Ramirez told Insider she started her business of selling her painting jeans by accident.Kessler Ramirez
Kessler Ramirez started shopping for thrifted jeans to resell as a way of making money while she searched for a full-time job.
She leaned into her passion for art history by hand-painting jeans' back pockets with designs inspired by artists like Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Sandro Botticelli.
Some of the designs can take Ramirez 30 hours to complete.
Since 2017, she's been selling her painted jeans and denim jackets through her business, Kessler Ramirez Art.
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Kessler Ramirez told Insider that she's been painting and drawing since she could hold a brush.
Kessler has been painting since she was a little girl.
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Ramirez's thrifting side-hustle soon turned into a creative endeavor.
Ramirez re-created Pablo Picasso's 1907 painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
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Ramirez draws inspiration from famous works of art.
Ramirez re-created Johannes Vermeer's 1665 painting Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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Ramirez said it can take her up to 30 hours to complete a pocket painting, depending on how complicated the design is.
Ramirez always paints the jean pocket white first to give herself a clean canvas.
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Ramirez's favorite works of art come from Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet because she sees their subjects as timeless.
Ramirez re-created Vincent van Gogh's 1885 painting "DescriptionSkull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette."
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In addition to revamping classic jeans, Ramirez also adorns denim jackets with her detailed paintings.
Ramirez turns denim jackets into wearable pieces of art.
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She loves the challenge of bringing iconic works of art to a smaller, wearable canvas.
"It's such an iconic, beautiful piece celebrating women and Aphrodites," Ramirez said of Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus."
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Since she's started selling her painted jeans, Ramirez said she's been blown away by the response.
Ramirez re-created Joaquín Sorolla's 1909 painting "Women Walking on the Beach."
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Ramirez's one-of-a-kind jeans are available to purchase a few times a year.
Ramirez has painted 30 pairs of jeans so far.
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