One
of my favorite artists is Frida Kahlo.
Frida
Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954.) Frida was a Mexican painter
who, at the age of eighteen, experienced a horrible bus accident where her
spine was permanently destroyed. After the accident, she had
thirty-two operations. During her recovery, her mother thought painting might amuse her, so she
brought
paint, brushes and a small easel that could be placed on the bed. Her father
placed the mirror above the bed so Frida could see her face .
During that period, she started on paintings that
would later become the main feature of her art, self-portraits. In her first self-portrait,
she has a soft, gentle expression that disappears in her later work.
Of the one hundred
forty-three paintings Frida created, fifty-five are self-portraits.
In honor of Frida, I
have designed tiny sculptured hand charm earrings inspired by the self-portraits
of Frida Kahlo.
These
simple golden or silver hand earrings are reminiscent of the festive hand earrings Frida wears. Frida's unusual earrings were given to her
by Pablo Picasso.
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