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home > frida! > Frida Kahlo, Frida Look-A-Like PaintingsFrida Look-A-Like Paintings
To understand or experience Frida Kahlo's painting is to experience her life---her passions, relationships, heritage, pains, her dreams. My intent with these Frida "look-a-like" paintings was to get a sense of how she used color, applied paint, and chose her subject matter. Most of her paintings were small (12" x 15") and I choose formats much larger and canvas as a surface (vs. Frida's wood or tin panels). In one instance ("The Flower Basket"), I chose to do only a portion of her original painting. I also chose to keep such things as flowers or fruit in the "ripe" or "beautiful" stage versus a decaying stage, as Frida often did, which was a metaphor and expression of her declining health. As all of the great masters had once done, learning to paint in the style of those who had come before them, I found this experience enlightening! I hope you enjoy these paintings! Note: To view Frida’s paintings of those I created, see the section, "About Her Work." The Look-A-Like Paintings
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