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This is my artwork from this week! I decided to paint this elegant lady with a pink classic car, she took a good few hours of my time. Time is valuable as I am in the middle of an Open University assignment so there is little time for painting. I feel most pleased with the car especially the headlights.
I also posted off my commissioned piece this week ,which was well received and that is a relief to me as you never know if the persons expectations and your artwork are one and the same, however I have had positive results so far. Enough about me!
The artist's work that I want to share this week is Freda Kahlo a Mexican Artist born July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954. Her self portrait is below and she was a remarkable woman. Kahlo had a volatile marriage with the famous Mexican artist Diego Rivero. She suffered lifelong health problems. Many of her health problems were the result of a traffic accident she survived as a teenager. Recovering from her injuries isolated her from other people and this isolation influenced her works, many of which are self-portraits of one sort or another. Kahlo suggested, "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best." She also stated, "I was born a bitch. I was born a painter.
I love the animals in this painting but struggle to understand the necklace and what it symbolises. I admire the honesty in her features but it always bemuses me that if she knew she had a monobrow why did she not deal with it . I am only kidding really she is brave to have painted herself and that is something very difficult to do well. I may challenge myself to have a go at that. I would be tempted to embellish my finer points and air brush out the wrinkles .
I shall sign off now as it is twenty five to one in the morning but if you like my work do follow the link if you wish to buy it. Thanks for reading the blog, viewers are reading from all over the world now which is amazing. More to come next week.
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