Augusto Sandroni Art

Author: admin

  • Capoerista

    Capoerista

    Capoerista (Capoeira man)

    ball pen on paper, circa 2009

    Capoeira Zum Zum Zum, Mata Um, Mata Um…

    The African slaves brought to Brazil created a unique martial art both to protect themselves but also for creating their own space for leisure and community.

    Capoeira blends dance and defense and attack moves, with original music played with original instruments, such as the Berimbau. The instruments used in capoeira music have African roots but were also further developed in Brazil.

    https://www.britannica.com/art/berimbau

    photo of Berimbau, African-Brazilian instrument with shaker, stick and stone
    Berimbau, African-Brazilian instrument with shaker, stick and stone

  • Breakfast in America Ink Drawing

    Breakfast in America Ink Drawing

    Untitled (Supertramp – Breakfast In America)

    Ink on sketchbook page

    2025

    Sketchbook Ink Drawing “Breakfast in America”

    A Supertramp song popped up in the radio and the reaction was, “let’s make a drawing”. Music inspired, phonograph record label inspired drawing.

  • The Brian Wilson God Only Knows Masterpiece

    The Brian Wilson God Only Knows Masterpiece

    Untitled (God Only Knows)

    Acrylic on Paper

    2025

    “God Only Knows”, one of the tracks from one of the greatest albums of all time.

    A humble tribute to Brian Wilson, a “thank you” for what he did during the peak of his creative life, the album Pet Sounds.

    After watching this eloquent breakdown of how the song was constructed in this video from David Bennet, one should give it even more credit.

    God Only Knows is a song that our ears approve regardless, but understanding its layers of complexity make for a more complete experience; also it provides us with a better understanding of the artist and his creative process.

    And the icing on the cake, is the two part video from the Youtube channel Behind the Sounds, “God Only Knows Part 1” and “God Only Knows Part 2”

  • R.I.P. Sly, Funkmaster of Disaster

    R.I.P. Sly, Funkmaster of Disaster

    Tribute to Sly

    Untitled (Sly)

    Graphite on paper

    2025

    The world is just a tad less funky, but Sly will live on through the music he left behind.

  • Phonograph Record Label Drawing with Acrylic Marker

    Phonograph Record Label Drawing with Acrylic Marker

    black and white drawing of phonograph record label (black sabbath)
    Untitled (Vertigo, Black Sabbath)

    Acrylic marker on acid free paper

    8.5 x 11 in (21 x 29.7 cm)

    2025

    Phonograph record labels are cool. Drawing and painting phonograph record labels, a new obsession. It can start with the music (or not). The aesthetic of a label can drive the process. The rest is just work, like all other studio activity.

    About Black Sabbath, the band…

  • Vinyl Record-Inspired New Paintings

    Vinyl Record-Inspired New Paintings

    Vinyl Record Label Paintings (Small)

    Genius Rap (Tom Tom Club) Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde

    Acrylic on Canvas

    2025

    Harvest (Neil Young)

    Oil on Linen

    2025

    Verve Records (The Velvet Underground & Nico)

    Acrylic and Silver Paint on Canvas

    2025

    Phonograph record labels are cool.

    No technology used, manufactured in the United States of America.

  • Drawing Study for Velvet Underground-inspired painting

    Drawing Study for Velvet Underground-inspired painting

    Details

    Untitled (Velvet Underground & Nico)

    Graphite on tracing paper

    11 x 12 in, 28 x 30.5 cm

    2025

    The Velvet Underground & Nico, NYC in the 80s

    I was still living in New York city when Andy Warhol passed away. I had not yet started probing art, but I remember the profound impact his passing had on the city.

    Andy was a NYC fixture. He was a celebrity. Everyone was talking about his unexpected death, from truck drivers to coffee shop workers.

    I think only Andy Warhol could have produced this album. The songs, the band, Nico, all seem a natural extension of Andy’s body of work. And his practice extended into film making as well.

    I had seen Lou Reed perform at the Pyramid Club in the East Village. It was one of my favorite nightclubs, a place where locals hang out, instead of the mega clubs that catered to the tourists primarily. He is the author of all of the songs in this record.

    This particular record is a masterpiece. It never gets old. And it is still ahead of our times even today.

  • “Miles” is in the house

    “Miles” is in the house

    painting in pink and black, of a music record with the inscription: COLUMBIA MILES DAVIS BITCHES BREW STEREO 360 SOUND, signed A.S. 2025
    Untitled (Miles)
    Oil on canvas
    Small
    2025

    Mile Davis is still ahead of our times

    The most recent painting, a tribute to one of my favorite musicians. And a much smaller painting than the “medium” sized, 4 feet by 3 feet size I’ve embraced in the last few years.

    Definitely one of the most influential jazz musicians that ever walked on this Earth. Miles Davis was also in a league on his own as far as his overall style.

    The way he dressed, for instance, was also unique, and just like his music, ahead of the times.

    Image credit: https://www.film-rezensionen.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Miles-Davis-Birth-of-the-Cool-Frontpage.jpg

  • I’m Not Who You Think I Am

    I’m Not Who You Think I Am

    image of head of cartoon mouse black and white painting with words"I'm not who you think, my mouth is different, ears smaller"
    Untitled (I’m Not Who You Think…)
    Oil on canvas
    Small
    2025

    Cartoon Head Drawings & Paintings

    person working on a pattern abstract painting, cartoon posters on the right wall and large unfinished painting behind

    Ten years ago I painted a series of poster size cartoon heads (see inset image); at the time I was not sure how they would fit in the overall scheme of my art practice.

    During 2017 and 2018 I created a series of medium & large cartoon head paintings.

    image of two paintings of heads one blue outline of a man with hat, no nose, signed AS 2017, the other a pink background blue line drawing of a profile of a noseless person signed AS 2017
    Details

    Left: Untitled (Head and palm tree)
    Oil on canvas
    24 x 18 in
    2017
    Right: Untitled (Pink head profile)
    24 by 18 in
    Acrylic on canvas
    2017

  • Untitled ( Finestra blu, Blue Window )

    painting with rule book-like lines in background, blue window with orange exterior and green foliage showing through. Two back rest of iron chairs in bottom foreground - signed A. SANDRONI 2024 bottom right
    Untitled (Finestra Blu, Blue Window) Charcoal and Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 36 in 2024

    I sat down at a local eatery and had in front of me this view behind two unoccupied tables. Perhaps it was the mundane quality of it, instead of the more important vase of flowers on top of the tables for instance. I created the sketch on location and at the time I knew I would eventually make a painting of it.