Category Mexican painting

Aztec mythology, fishing, Frida Kalho, goddess, hand embroidered, Matlaczihuatl, Mexican artists, Mexican painting, Mexico, necklace, net, Oaxaca, ocean, oil painting, rain, seashells, women artists, Workshop Chronicles, Yalalag

Self portrait

Self portrait, Frida Kalho, 1940/ Autorretrato , Frida Kalho, 1940 I could have called this painting “Self portrait as Matlaczihuatl”, however Frida just called it “Self portrait”. Pude haber nombrado esta pintura “Autorretrato como Matlaczihuatl”, sin embargo Frida solo lo…

Margarita H Maxson
January 6, 2013

art doll, artist doll, button jointed doll, cloth body, cloth doll, dough flowers, Frida Kalho, handmade, handpainted face, Mexican artists, Mexican painting, Mexico, needle felted hair, needle sculpted fingers, Oaxaca, stuffed doll, Tehuantepec, white dress, women artists, wool hair, Workshop Chronicles

Self portrait as tehuana, or Diego in my thoughts

Autorretrato como tehuana o Diego en mis pensamientos, Frida Kalho, 1943 This particular portrait is among my favorites, Frida’s work reveals maturity and mastery of the medium, we have to remember she was a self made artist, who learned from…

Margarita H Maxson
December 28, 2012

animal dolls, art doll, articulated doll, artist doll, braided hair, button jointed doll, cloth body, Frida Kalho, hand made clothes, hand painted face, handmade, Margarita J. Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican artist, Mexican dolls, Mexican painting, Mexican women artists, Mexico, movable limbs, muslin dolls, needle felted hair, Workshop Chronicles

Autorretrato con monos

Self portait with monkeys, 1943 / Autorretrato con monos, 1943 This was one of the 5 pictures I chose for making a Frida Kalho doll -with monkey dolls-. She painted herself in the company of four monkeys, for Frida they…

Margarita H Maxson
December 20, 2012

art doll, artist doll, braided hair, cloth doll, Frida Kalho, handmade, Las dos Fridas, Mexican artist, Mexican painting, Mexican women artists, Mexico, needle felted hair, needle sculpting, Oaxaca, soft sculpture, surrealism, tehuana, Tehuantepec, The two Fridas, Workshop Chronicles

Las dos Fridas

They are my more recent dolls, based on the original painting by Frida Kalho “The two Fridas”. Join me in the journey… Ellas son mis munecas mas recientes, basadas en la pintura original de Frida Kalho “Las dos Fridas”. Acompanenme…

Margarita H Maxson
December 20, 2010