Still Life Past Posts: No 2 May 2018 Today's Past Posts brings you two posts on the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Mailbag Cecil Kennedy and his Bees Sharing some of the delightful watercolour paintings created by British artist Cecil Kennedy.
Contemporary Gaku Kakizaki Showcasing the oil paintings of Japanese artist Gaku Kakizaki who mainly paints landscapes from nature. Includes a video "Memory Road" accompanied by beautiful relaxing piano music.
Portraits Helene Schjerfbeck: "Intimacy and Interiority... What matters is at an angle" Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck painted in a realistic style and is best known for her portraits, especially self portraits. (Credit: en.wikipedia.org)
Australian Artist Noel Wood: The Robinson Crusoe of Art Showcasing paintings by Noel Wood (1912- 2001) including The Sweet Potato Patch, Bedarra Island; Yvonne, Timara Island, Nth Queensland. Wood came from a family of artists.
Women Artists Frida Kahlo Part Two Frida Kahlo became a champion for women especially their suffering. Her paintings, some of them too graphic to show in the Blog, expressed the pain suffered by women & for this she has become a role model for many people. Image: fridakahlo.org
Surrealism-Magic Realism Frida Kahlo Part One Frida Kahlo Still Life paintings show that she was a very complicated character suffering much physical and psychological pain and her other paintings, especially her self portraits illustrate much of this pain so we will edge along gently.