I’ve been celebrating my blog with an art event. The event honors the woman who inspires me to keep it going as an artist: Frida Kahlo. — For 10 Tuesdays, I have been creating/posting 10 different portraits of Frida Kahlo (plus some additional posts here and there) in some form/medium or another. It may be a…
Tag: Diego Rivera
SEPT 20 7AM PST: @bypoststreet iPhone case release! #sugarskull #iPhone #iOS7 #iphone5S
Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and as profound and cruel as the bitterness of life. So Diego Rivera describes his wife, Frida Kahlo, and so we describe by post street’s first limited edition iPhone case Calavera Karl, our artistic interpretation of our…
There are simple pleasures in life, like unexpectedly receiving a parcel from SFO: a FRIDA KAHLO PAPER DOLL!
What a delightful surprise! I received this extraordinary book yesterday from David Mohammadi (who I finally met in person in San Francisco, March 2012). Thank you, David!!! Love you!!! It’s a perfect addition to my Frida shrine!
Weekly artist exploration/journaling series: Week 1 Part 6 SELF-PORTRAIT #FridaKahlo #arttherapy
WEEK 1 PART 6: Frida Kahlo I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. – Frida Today we’ll do a self-portrait in Frida’s style. But not trying too hard. Don’t use a mirror. Just muse. It’s not about being Frida on the outside, but on the inside….
Weekly artist exploration/journaling series: Week 1 Part 5 RELATIONSHIP #FridaKahlo #arttherapy
WEEK 1 PART 5: Frida Kahlo Our relationship with our journal is important. It’s a safe place to purge in, to refocus, to process. By researching an artist and using our journal as a notebook, we develop the relationship further and connect ourselves with art history by becoming it ourselves. Write in your journal about your…
Finish this portrait of @RebeccaRaw and @TommyD as Frida and Diego on June 23rd! Win a Frida sock monkey!
June 23rd art event hosted by Rebecca Rawlinson and Tommy D! Those of you that know me know that there is no more influential artist on me than Frida Kahlo… Win a Frida Kahlo sock monkey made by me at the art event!!!