FRIDA KAHLO

One of my favourite artists, like I'm sure is many others, is Frida Kahlo. Her work has always interested me and so as she. Her tragic life story and how it affected her life and art work always inspires me. She was bed bound for most of her life and painted herself from a mirror in her bed. Her actual art works always have a kind of sinister side that you only realise once you have read about her life. Her quote 'I paint myself because I am so often alone' always sticks with me and now, for me, all her portraits resonate with that. I love the colour schemes in her work, the yellows and greens in her jungle themed portraits always makes me want to paint and try something different from what I usually do.