a muse on her own

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a muse on her own

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"

PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm

COLORS: ALI CAVANAUGH PORTRAIT SET QOR GOLDEN WATERCOLORS + DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

    

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Frida Kahlo once said, “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best.”

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The Woman with Wings, Frida Kahlo

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The Woman with Wings, Frida Kahlo

SIZE: 12 in. x 18 in. - 31 x 41 cm
PAPER: YASUTOMO STONEPAPER 150 g/m²

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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"Feet, what do I need you when I have wings to fly?"

-  Frida Kahlo, 1907 - 1954

Many thanks Sarah McIntyre on X Virtual Studio - @StudioTeaBreak for her inspiring challenge. This is my version of Me and my parrots, Frida Kahlo 1941

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Young Frida

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Young Frida

SIZE: 12 in. x 9 in. - 30,5 x 22,9 cm
PAPER: YASUTOMO STONEPAPER 150 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS

2022 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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My first presentable try on Yasutomo mineral paper  and it's an awesome surface for experiments and training for more spontaneity and looseness. 

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Frida Kahlo - an iconic artist and woman

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Frida Kahlo - an iconic artist and woman

SIZE: 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²

2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER

This time I've painted my beloved Frida in a very loose style and using some sea salt for creating nice background effects. 

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Frida Kahlo

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FRIDA KAHLO 

SIZE:  15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 56 cm (half sheet)

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²

2020 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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“The most important thing for everyone in Gringolandia is to have ambition and become 'somebody,' and frankly, I don't have the least ambition to become anybody.”

― Frida Kahlo

step by step

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In love with Frida Kahlo

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IN LOVE WITH FRIDA KAHLO

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 56 cm (half sheet)

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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