This that this that I throw you the unknown This that this that Hey over here, over- HEAR! Cart on a cup over rocks in a bird’s stomach Soaring crashing Overview- over this view, so over this view But not you and you but them. Not this not- this right here. Clear clear I love this. This! Right here….
Tag: Frida Kahlo
Contemplating death, loss, hope, acceptance…
Release Leap of faith Acceptance Peace Honorary Karin Roar Life rough on the seas Sacrifice Mother father daughter love Death Release Hope Promise Defence Loss Rose Thorn Thorsen Memorial Cycle Allowance Honor New beginnings Immortal Bud Blossom Farewell Dedicated to my mother Karin September 17, 1936 – November 8, 2008 and my father Roar August…
I choose to remove my own mask in my own time. #authenticity
Don’t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cushions, kick the books under the bed and put away the letter you were writing? How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are? Isn’t the mirror hostile enough? ― Jeanette Winterson We can receive all the help and…
Draw-a-sugarskull tutorial!
Pull out some supplies and enjoy this old drawing tutorial to celebrate the release of our by post street iPhone case featuring Calavera (sugarskull) Karl! Anna T Fabulous of by post street and Jenn Mickey of 1181 Lounge at by post street launch party, April 2013. Photo by Viranlly Aix Liemena
Unfold your wings as you fall. Drawing on Pain at Espana Gallery Aug 29-Oct 13
Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall. – Ray Bradbury DRAWING ON PAIN Aug 29- Oct 13, 2013 ESPANA GALLERY 689 Abbott Street, Vancouver BC Curator, sales manager: Angie Heintz 778 773 2861 infor@angieheintz.com ARTIST’S STATEMENT: “My painting carries with it the message of pain.” – Frida Kahlo…
Feliz cumpleaños, Frida Kahlo. #muse #gratitude
Frida Kahlo July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954 Frida, photographed in 1932 by her father, Guillermo Kahlo. My Frida Series (panels 1-8 of 10): Recall: Part 1 FRIDA KAHLO Part 2 FRIDA KAHLO: BREATHING Part 3 FRIDA KAHLO: ART ABOUT ART Part 4 FRIDA KAHLO: ARTIST WORDS Part 5 FRIDA KAHLO: RELATIONSHIP Part 6…
Does context help or hinder your interpretation of art?
Does context change the way your interpret an image? A piece of art? Does knowing whether or not the artist is a man or woman affect the way you read the image? Is it important to know how the artist self-identifies? Does it matter if she was an alcoholic? If he was a bastard? If…
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!
Frida Kahlo’s “Portrait of My Father,” 1951
Dearest Daddy, If you knew the pleasure getting your little letter gave me, you’d write to me every day, because you can’t imagine how happy it made me… … Your daughter who adores you, Frieducha San Francisco, November 21, 1930 Recommended: “Dearest Frieducha!”: The Letters of Guillermo Kahlo to His Daughter Frida
English Dan PART 2: The Frida Tattoo, Granville Street #Tattoos, #Vancouver
Recall part 1: meeting English Dan I was so honored to have English Dan interpret my drawing of Baby Frida in a tattoo. GLORIOUS! Again, I’ll let the photos speak for themselves: The inspiration: “I am in my nurse’s arms, with the face of a grownup woman and the body of a little girl, while milk…
English Dan: tattoo artist, Granville Street #Tattoos, #Vancouver
Huge thank you to English Dan for graciously allowing me to witness the process of inking Jay Fisher. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves: Looking forward to Dan’s interpretation of my sketch for my Frida Kahlo tattoo next Saturday! I give him free reign! “I am in my nurse’s arms, with the face of…
Frida Kahlo d. July 13, 1954
I hope the departure is joyful and I hope never to return. – Frida Kahlo
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…
Weekly artist exploration/journaling series: Week 1 Part 4 ARTIST WORDS #FridaKahlo #arttherapy
WEEK 1 PART 4: Frida Kahlo We have looked at Frida’s works and have viewed some of videos about her and saturated ourselves by breathing with her and reproducing her. Now find her words. Quotes and letters. I have a large collection of Frida books, but you can find lots of sources online. I have always…
Weekly artist exploration/journaling series: Week 1 Part 3 ART ABOUT ART LOOSELY #FridaKahlo #arttherapy
WEEK 1 PART 3: Frida Kahlo Choose your favorite Frida Kahlo piece Now open your journal wide and use 2 full pages to reproduce LOOSELY the full piece or part of it. INGEST/DIGEST/REGURGITATE it. ART ABOUT ART. I use coffee instead of water when I use watercolor etc. It gives a nice aged look. I always…
Weekly artist exploration/journaling series: Week 1 Part 2 BREATHING #FridaKahlo #arttherapy
WEEK 1 PART 2: Frida Kahlo As we prepare for copying a favorite piece by Frida Kahlo, we’ll just have Frida as a companion as we check in with ourselves and build our relationship with our journal. Write for 15 minutes about where you are in the moment. Just stream of consciousness. BREATHING. Tomorrow we do…
Weekly artist exploration/journaling series: Week 1 Part 1 #FridaKahlo #arttherapy
WEEK 1 PART 1: Frida Kahlo FRIDA KAHLO Kahlo is THE MOST important artist to me personally- not for only her imagery, style, and personality, but for her strength and honesty and her ability to express pain. And by drawing her I have processed the darkest of depressions. I paint because I need to paint. Today,…
Weekly artist exploration/journaling series: INTRO #arttherapy
So we just went through a 35 part daily journaling exercise. As a final hurrah to my journal, I packaged mine up and I’m now sending it to my best friend in Stockholm. There are a few pages left in it, and we’ll see if she adds to it. It’s hers to keep and do…
The letters of Frida Kahlo and how my daughter @AnnaTFabulous blurred art and reality.
My friend, Desmond Reid, surprised me with a DELICIOUS Frida Kahlo book the other day: My child, I really should not complain about anything that happens to me in life, so long as you love me… “Her writings reveal her precociousness, the intensity of her feelings, and her enduring physical distress: they unveil her personality…
The Frida Kahlo room at Galerias, Seattle #paradise
You all know, by this time, my obsession with Frida Kahlo. We ate an amazing birthday dinner at Galerias in the Frida Kahlo room… I would like to spend some more time, please. OMG. Here are some tidbits. Recommended reading: Frida’s Fiestas- recipes and reminiscences of life with Frida Kahlo
Evolution of a Frida Kahlo/Otto Dix study with community input!
I love to watch how pieces that I share with you, to add to, evolve. Here is a journey of one piece (Frida Kahlo/Otto Dix study) I started awhile back and first allowed people to add to during my March 10th event, the April 3 outdoor art market, then my June 23 event and today I…
When your art is the way you live your life… the sacred Tracey Bell @traceybelldivas
I am un-peeling layers of masks in my life at present and ready to take a new look at the way I live in the world, and to start being more present in how I care for myself and for others. I am always aware that people come into my life as teachers. And I…
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!!!
I think little by little…
Easter 2011
Tonight’s almost-full waxing gibbous moon…
Sing me the changes of the moon once more… Yeats UPDATE: SEE STREET ART
The way the crow flies. The journey of one piece of artwork. #fullcircle #lettinggo #Frida
My Frida series is ever evolving. Recall posts: 1. Woman-Artist-Pain-Power 2. 6 panels of my Frida series 3. The most popular piece of the night 4. A very private piece Today I drive the piece below west to east to a wedding shower- the way the crow flies- to give it to a very special young…
Painting on @jocelyn_louise… Walking canvas.
From Holt Renfrew Art Event March 26, 2011 (Photos by Fredrik Thorsen) From Skin is In August 13, 2010 Gallery Gachet As always, thank you’s to my beautiful muse, Jocelyn Louise.
A very private piece finished by you in a very public way. An artwork’s 4 year journey. #grief #Frida #Camille
Recall my March 5 post: This piece is a love letter to my dear dance partner and friend (dancer/artist/scientist) Claudia Camille, who died in 2007… Claudia and I are portrayed in our roles we played so often: me in grief as Frida Kahlo, Claudia stoic and determined as Camille Claudel… Her reasons for leaving were profound…