Frida.
Who better than to use as my example of what the ICONIC series was all about? In my gallery blurb I said that each work centres women both as subject and as maker, inviting a reconsideration of how these figures have been seen, remembered, and revered. It was so incredibly easy to paint Frida. I spent more time agonising over her accessories than anything else. We all know her in some way, and that was the ways in which she wanted you to see her. Make no mistake, when she painted herself she gave you exactly what she meant to give, not an ounce out of place.
I year to feel that precision in the work I produce. But alas, I am a loathsome self-critic and only see the failings in what I SHOULD have given to you, dear audience. Thus I continue on…to face another brave and brilliant day painting like SHE did. “A ribbon wrapped around a bomb.” – Brenton on Frida.