Frida Kahlo through the years

It's been almost a year since I was in Mexico City at the biggest Frida Kahlo exposition ever... and I made a Frida doll to celebrate! Frida is considered the most important Mexican artist to date, and I couldn't agree more. She was a pioneer in many things, but the most important to me is that she painted her soul. Frida has been one of the recurrent themes in my paintings and in my dolls and as I was doing the new doll I realized that somehow I always end up using red and white as the basic combination for her outfits. This is I think my first Frida doll ever. It was one of my first dolls too:

Then she followed (with her cast and "viva la vida" leyend):
And here some newer versions:
Frida wasn't not only an artist. She was an icon. Even now we still refer to some mexican items and accesories as "Frida style". And very few artists are inspiration for other artists as she is. I don't see many artists painting Van Gogh or Picasso, but I see way too many using Frida as their main topic. I'm one of them, and this is my last creation. A mixed media doll with everything: fabric, paint, stitches, embroidery, yarn, pastels and crocheted flowers. Available here. Oops... I just posted (at 2:30 a.m. and it sold right away!... I guess I'm not the only one with imnsomnia)


But don't worry, maybe you can't get the Frida... but there are other new mermaids there too :)