Welcome to Our Online Exhibit!
Thank you for visiting our online exhibit, where various artists come together
to celebrate Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
All Art is Available for Purchase.
If you would like to see the artworks in person, you must make a reservation.
Please email us to check availability.
And now, please enjoy the 20th Annual FRIDA KAHLO Artists Exhibit!
to celebrate Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
All Art is Available for Purchase.
If you would like to see the artworks in person, you must make a reservation.
Please email us to check availability.
And now, please enjoy the 20th Annual FRIDA KAHLO Artists Exhibit!
Skye Becker-Yamakawa
"Frida Mariposa" acrylic on wood
18" x 16" $ 500
A multi-layered painting rich in symbolism represented in her hairstyle to the animals and the heart hole.
The large hairstyle was inspired by a portrait of Marie Antoinette by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. Incorporated in the hair, rests two animals, a deer and monkey, each inspired by Frida’s paintings The Wounded Deer and Self-Portrait with Monkey respectively.
A hollow heart on Frida’s chest represents her infinite passion and love for art emanating from her. Rebirth and rejuvenation are represented by surrounding butterflies.
Photographs and portraits of Frida often found flowers adorning her hair illustrated by all the colorful flowers. Homage to Self Portrait with Tears and Hummingbird Eyebrows Frida Kahlo with a hummingbird unibrow.
Frida is not among the living but she lives inside our hearts, inspires strength in women, and motivates artists everywhere.
"Frida Mariposa" acrylic on wood
18" x 16" $ 500
A multi-layered painting rich in symbolism represented in her hairstyle to the animals and the heart hole.
The large hairstyle was inspired by a portrait of Marie Antoinette by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. Incorporated in the hair, rests two animals, a deer and monkey, each inspired by Frida’s paintings The Wounded Deer and Self-Portrait with Monkey respectively.
A hollow heart on Frida’s chest represents her infinite passion and love for art emanating from her. Rebirth and rejuvenation are represented by surrounding butterflies.
Photographs and portraits of Frida often found flowers adorning her hair illustrated by all the colorful flowers. Homage to Self Portrait with Tears and Hummingbird Eyebrows Frida Kahlo with a hummingbird unibrow.
Frida is not among the living but she lives inside our hearts, inspires strength in women, and motivates artists everywhere.
Barbara Rivera
“Between Heaven and Hell”
oil on canvas 36” x 48” $ 1,200
Amy Lodevico Noonan
“Frida Simpson: Endure”
acrylic on canvas
18” x 24” $ 300
2020 has been truly a challenging year. We must be reminded of Frida’s words of endurance. We can get through this!
Amy Lodevico Noonan
“Frida Simpson: Self-portrait with Cropped Hair”
acrylic on canvas
18” x 24” $ 300
Frida cuts her long hair in response to one of her most painful moments in life—the ultimate betrayal by her husband Diego Rivera. This can also be a reminder of what could happen when we cut our own hair during quarantine.
Patti Dietrick
"La Sirena" assemblage 9" x 9" $ 154
“La Sirena” is an assemblage piece using clay, rock, sea fan, jewelry, sea shell, ink, pencil and tattoo art. I am always inspired by Frida’s words… ” feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” So, I imagined her as a mermaid with a strong beautiful tail enabling her to swim the oceans as a siren, calling others to create.
Mary Camargo
“Heavenly Frida”
mosaic wall hanging 16” x 16” x 5” $ 525
The theme is that of Frida watching from above, she can see through the flowers and even though she has been gone for a while the flame in her heart is still ignited.
Mary Camargo
“Frida’s Flowers”
3D mosaic sculpture
6” x 9” x 6 ½”h $ 275
Celebrating her love of adorning her hair with flowers.
Miriam Ramirez
“Garden of Frida”
mixed media on canvas 6” x 6” $ 66
Michelle Spromberg
“Frida”
acrylic paint, graphite pencil on wood
8” x 8” $ 300
Frida has become a beloved personality in our current culture. To me, she is the artist that I found many years ago in the hush of the library when seeking to learn about artists that were women and of Mexican heritage, like me. Her passion and vivid color, her pain and sense of humor so evident in her own work, propelled me to make art. She is the most gorgeous blossom in the garden of artists, for me, anyway. When I see her, I think of lush leaves and colorful flora, things that grow and flourish with the force of life.
“Frida”
acrylic paint, graphite pencil on wood
8” x 8” $ 300
Frida has become a beloved personality in our current culture. To me, she is the artist that I found many years ago in the hush of the library when seeking to learn about artists that were women and of Mexican heritage, like me. Her passion and vivid color, her pain and sense of humor so evident in her own work, propelled me to make art. She is the most gorgeous blossom in the garden of artists, for me, anyway. When I see her, I think of lush leaves and colorful flora, things that grow and flourish with the force of life.
Andrea Raft
“Celebrating a Special Day/Frida”
acrylic on wood 18” x 24” $ 600
Melinda Rasch
“Casa Azul” book 8” x 7 ½” $ 50
hand-made paper, collage, ephemera, acrylic ink, and paint
Mardi deVeuve Alexis
“My Frida”
oil, coldwax, and collage
18” x 24” $ 1,200
My entry piece for this show is entitled "My Frida." In this piece, "Frida" is depicted in all of her unique physical beauty and identifiable characteristics, such as her mound of dark hair and merging eyebrows. She is also defined in this piece by the accoutrements she loved, including jewelry, flowers and design. The painting shows her vulnerability and a body language that suggests protectiveness, guarding her probable fragile emotional state, despite an inner strength that carried her through the tumultuous experiences in her life and impacted her art.
Miguel A. Vazquez
“La Frida Loca”
acrylic on carved wood
17” x 24” $ 350
Miguel A. Vazquez
“Las Formas de Frida”
acrylic on carved wood
15” x 24” $ 225
Claudia I. García R.
“Frida Kahlo with Mexican Heart”
acrylic on canvas
8” x 10” $ 200
Claudia I. García R.
“Frida Kahlo with Monkey”
acrylic on canvas
8” x 10” $ 200
Dolores Udave
“My Moment of Peace”
mixed medium
9” x 12” $ 250
ABLE ARTS Work’s EPI Program
“EPI LOVES FRIDA” digital artwork
11" x 17" $ 100
This digital artwork was created in Able Arts Work’s EPI program virtual art class. Students learned about Frida’s life, art, style, and love for nature for inspiration before creating their digital collaborative artwork. With the assistance of their instructor and photoshop EPI’s students digitally painted Frida’s outfit and collaged flowers they created at home in the Frida’s background and hair.
ABLE ARTS Work’s EPI Program
“EPI LOVES FRIDA II” digital artwork
11" x 17" $ 100
In this portrait of Frida, EPI students brought her to life by digitally painting the photograph and collaging one of their peers’ flower in her headdress. Students referred to outfits and jewelry they saw on virtual tour of the Frida Kahlo Museum, Casa Azul. Students used their imagination and actual items owned by Frida for inspiration creating this beautiful portrait of her.
ABLE ARTS WORK
Since 1982, Able ARTS Work (formerly known as Arts & Services for Disabled, Inc.) has played a significant role in providing meaningful day programming for adults with developmental disabilities. Using the creative arts as a tool to develop and strengthen social and developmental skills, our primary focus is to encourage and support artists with disabilities in their creative expression through inclusive community participation.
Our day programs provide creative studio settings and facilitation for adults in music, drawing and painting, mural painting, video production, photography, fiber arts, printmaking and more. The programs are further enriched with music therapy services, resulting in the provision of individualized services for each individual attending our programs. Able ARTS Work's day programs provide services on a part-time and full-time basis in Long Beach, Gardena and Hawthorne, CA.
The primary mission of Able ARTS Work is to provide lifelong learning, community service and vocational opportunities through the creative arts for people of all abilities and all ages in an environment of warmth, encouragement and inclusion. Able ARTS Work provides unique development opportunities to all participating staff, students and partnering community members, together we grow.
Since 1982, Able ARTS Work (formerly known as Arts & Services for Disabled, Inc.) has played a significant role in providing meaningful day programming for adults with developmental disabilities. Using the creative arts as a tool to develop and strengthen social and developmental skills, our primary focus is to encourage and support artists with disabilities in their creative expression through inclusive community participation.
Our day programs provide creative studio settings and facilitation for adults in music, drawing and painting, mural painting, video production, photography, fiber arts, printmaking and more. The programs are further enriched with music therapy services, resulting in the provision of individualized services for each individual attending our programs. Able ARTS Work's day programs provide services on a part-time and full-time basis in Long Beach, Gardena and Hawthorne, CA.
The primary mission of Able ARTS Work is to provide lifelong learning, community service and vocational opportunities through the creative arts for people of all abilities and all ages in an environment of warmth, encouragement and inclusion. Able ARTS Work provides unique development opportunities to all participating staff, students and partnering community members, together we grow.
Nicole M. Bouchard
“World Within a Woman”
print made of mixed media art
11” x 14” $ 50
I had to work to unearth the version of Frida that would come through my hands onto the canvas. Each individual element has story and purpose but before I discovered the form it would take, I had to delve deep and study not only the artist and her works, but the dynamic, unstoppable woman behind the work. I also had to reflect on my take of the meaning of this exhibit at this time in the world and what its focus would be for me personally.
When I study the body of work of an author or analyze individual samples, I try to find and highlight their distinct voice and patterns. Sometimes an aspect of my job as an editor is to find the significant unsaid or the not-easily-seen, and to do this, I might first have to take elements of what I can discern of the heart of the creator into account because the work, intent, and care which go into our creations are never apart from us (nor should they be). Sometimes it works in reverse and I find the creator’s heart shining through the subtle spaces and that guides what the distinct voice needs to be. In refamiliarizing myself with Frida’s work, my study found something I had not noticed before. It seemed to me that in many of her works, mainly those depicting deepest ranges of emotion, there were two familiar presences—the colors of land and sky. I’m not sure why this stuck out to me in particular, but those blues and greens, in my mind, acted as both grounding and freeing guardians to expression. It brought to mind a quote my mother imparted to me by Muriel Rukeyser: “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.”
As I discover and write the story of my own life, currently focusing on (modern and historic) societal, cultural, mythical, religious, and fairy tale stories we women are imbued with as well as the archetypes which accompany them, I found the exhilaration of this exhibition to be a celebration of truth. Frida Kahlo was a bold, visionary storyteller of her life. She put the beauty and the pain on the canvas and in so doing, shared with us a vast legacy of owning all aspects of our inner and outer worlds. Her strength, candor, and pure, raw, undiluted heart is in her work, calling each of us to dare, to live, to feel, to persevere and create despite all odds. An article published in The Guardian this year entitled, “'Feet, what do I need you for?' How lockdown fired up Frida Kahlo,” not only echoes some of her fiery essence, but also points out the timeliness of looking to such determined spirits. Her words, “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” remind us of our own wings. The sound of creative feminine freedom is in her very name like an invocation. In finding my Frida for this exhibit, I found more of myself. This work is a tribute to her art and dedicated to the brilliant, bold women in my family line and amongst my friends.
Elements of this mixed media piece on hand-painted canvas entitled, “World Within a Woman,” include my hand-drawn and painted objects done separately and glued to the canvas such as the earth, the heart with a crackle varnish applied over it, a rendering of Frida herself; found objects of a stone butterfly I added painted details to and dried roses from a former young love of mine; beads and jewelry-making pieces form Frida’s crown, earring, and scarf adornment; and the ribbon and cloth I hand-stitched onto the canvas are from different continents of the world and are sacred to me as they represent meaningful ages and stages of my life.
“World Within a Woman”
print made of mixed media art
11” x 14” $ 50
I had to work to unearth the version of Frida that would come through my hands onto the canvas. Each individual element has story and purpose but before I discovered the form it would take, I had to delve deep and study not only the artist and her works, but the dynamic, unstoppable woman behind the work. I also had to reflect on my take of the meaning of this exhibit at this time in the world and what its focus would be for me personally.
When I study the body of work of an author or analyze individual samples, I try to find and highlight their distinct voice and patterns. Sometimes an aspect of my job as an editor is to find the significant unsaid or the not-easily-seen, and to do this, I might first have to take elements of what I can discern of the heart of the creator into account because the work, intent, and care which go into our creations are never apart from us (nor should they be). Sometimes it works in reverse and I find the creator’s heart shining through the subtle spaces and that guides what the distinct voice needs to be. In refamiliarizing myself with Frida’s work, my study found something I had not noticed before. It seemed to me that in many of her works, mainly those depicting deepest ranges of emotion, there were two familiar presences—the colors of land and sky. I’m not sure why this stuck out to me in particular, but those blues and greens, in my mind, acted as both grounding and freeing guardians to expression. It brought to mind a quote my mother imparted to me by Muriel Rukeyser: “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.”
As I discover and write the story of my own life, currently focusing on (modern and historic) societal, cultural, mythical, religious, and fairy tale stories we women are imbued with as well as the archetypes which accompany them, I found the exhilaration of this exhibition to be a celebration of truth. Frida Kahlo was a bold, visionary storyteller of her life. She put the beauty and the pain on the canvas and in so doing, shared with us a vast legacy of owning all aspects of our inner and outer worlds. Her strength, candor, and pure, raw, undiluted heart is in her work, calling each of us to dare, to live, to feel, to persevere and create despite all odds. An article published in The Guardian this year entitled, “'Feet, what do I need you for?' How lockdown fired up Frida Kahlo,” not only echoes some of her fiery essence, but also points out the timeliness of looking to such determined spirits. Her words, “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” remind us of our own wings. The sound of creative feminine freedom is in her very name like an invocation. In finding my Frida for this exhibit, I found more of myself. This work is a tribute to her art and dedicated to the brilliant, bold women in my family line and amongst my friends.
Elements of this mixed media piece on hand-painted canvas entitled, “World Within a Woman,” include my hand-drawn and painted objects done separately and glued to the canvas such as the earth, the heart with a crackle varnish applied over it, a rendering of Frida herself; found objects of a stone butterfly I added painted details to and dried roses from a former young love of mine; beads and jewelry-making pieces form Frida’s crown, earring, and scarf adornment; and the ribbon and cloth I hand-stitched onto the canvas are from different continents of the world and are sacred to me as they represent meaningful ages and stages of my life.
