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Homage to Frida Kahlo

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  Gregg Chadwick Frida Kahlo 10"x10"oil on cigar box 2021 Private Collection Los Angeles My oil on wood cigar box painting of Frida Kahlo is the latest in a series of artworks that amplifies the shared culture between Mexico and the United States. Frida was a dynamo. Her artworks explore the realms of myth, memory, and physical reality in groundbreaking ways. My latest portrait of Frida is an homage to her work and influence. My painting imagines Frida when she lived in San Francisco. In 1930-31 Frida and Diego Rivera lived at 716 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, just down the hill from North Beach and Chinatown. Frida met and created with a group of artists who energized her creative process. KQED notes that "For six months, the couple stayed at the studio of Rivera’s old classmate and friend, sculptor Ralph Stackpole, who introduced them to an eclectic group of writers, painters and photographers." For a number of years, I lived in San Francisco at the corner o...

Happy Birthday Frida Kahlo!

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Happy Heavenly BornDay 🎂 @FridaKahlo 🎨 Through her deconstruction of long-held beliefs about artistry—and her ability to express both torturous pain and unfettered joy in her art 🎨 remains one of the most enduring artists of the 20th century. @TIME pic.twitter.com/g7ZQrmubsV — ArtOnArtsBlog (@ArTallks) July 6, 2021   “I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought... there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed... if you are out there...know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.”― Frida Kahlo #womensart photo-N.Muray pic.twitter.com/hU5wbxIxGB — #WOMENSART (@womensart1) July 6, 2021