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Frida Kahlo is a Mexican artist, and her painting is a self-portrait. She stares directly at the viewer and holds a stiff pose. There is a chaotic feeling of many leaves behind her, dragonflies above her and moths atop her head. There is a monkey beside her shoulder and a black cat on her other side. A hummingbird hangs lifelessly from the thorny necklace. There is a claustrophobic and suffocating feeling as the thorns wrap around and cut into her neck and shoulders, making her bleed. The expression on her face looks calm but a little defeated, as though she is quietly enduring the pain. Kahlo often used painting to express her suffering, following a bus accident that killed several people and fractured Kahlo's ribs, both her legs and her collarbone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo) Kahlo suffered near-fatal injuries.  An iron handrail impaled her through her pelvis, fracturing the pelvic bone and leaving her unable to bear children.

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Frida Kahlo is a Mexican artist, and her painting is a self-portrait. She stares directly at the viewer and holds a stiff pose. There is a chaotic feeling of many leaves behind her, dragonflies above her and moths atop her head. There is a monkey beside her shoulder and a black cat on her other side. A hummingbird hangs lifelessly from the thorny necklace. There is a claustrophobic and suffocating feeling as the thorns wrap around and cut into her neck and shoulders, making her bleed. The expression on her face looks calm but a little defeated, as though she is quietly enduring the pain. Kahlo often used painting to express her suffering, following a bus accident that killed several people and fractured Kahlo's ribs, both her legs and her collarbone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo) Kahlo suffered near-fatal injuries.  An iron handrail impaled her through her pelvis, fracturing the pelvic bone and leaving her unable to bear children.

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Frida Kahlo

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird

1940

Oil on canvas

www.FridaKahlo.org

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Flossy-P

Curiosity Can Show You

2011

Pencil and watercolour on paper

www.flossy-p.com

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Flossy-P is an Australian illustration artist, and her painting is a portrait. She often draws and paints portraits with native Australian plants and animals. These works tend to be positive and show a strong connection and closeness between humans and animals. In this work the woman is centered and looks directly at the viewer, smiling. She seems calm and content, the small finches sit on her head and shoulders, as if they feel safe and protected with her. In the front is a bright flower fully open, and long stems in the background. The picture is full of life. Although the features of the face are extremely distorted, the smile and soft colours create a safe and content environment. 

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Flossy-P is an Australian illustration artist, and her painting is a portrait. She often draws and paints portraits with native Australian plants and animals. These works tend to be positive and show a strong connection and closeness between humans and animals. In this work the woman is centered and looks directly at the viewer, smiling. She seems calm and content, the small finches sit on her head and shoulders, as if they feel safe and protected with her. In the front is a bright flower fully open, and long stems in the background. The picture is full of life. Although the features of the face are extremely distorted, the smile and soft colours create a safe and content environment. 

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Similarities

· Both artists are female

· Subjects: Both works are a portrait of a woman with animals, plants

· Composition: both subjects are centered and have animals on the shoulders and head, and something in the middle foreground

· Head, neck and shoulders within the composition, both subje ts look directly at the viewer

Differences

· Portraits: Kahlo’s work is a self-portrait, Flossy-P’s is a portrait

· Kahlo uses animals in a symbolic way, Flossy-P uses native animals from her surrounding environment

· Artist backgrounds: Frida Kahlo is Mexican and Flossy-P is Australian

· Subject’s Facial Expression: Frida’s self portrait shows some pain, while Flossy-P’s subject has a happy expression

· In the middle foreground, Kahlo’s hummingbird seems lifeless. Flossy-P’s bright open flower is full of life and vitality

· Mediums and colour: Kahlo uses dark and cool tones, oil paint on canvas, realistic style, and Flossy-P uses light and soft shades using pencil and watercolour on paper, cartoon-like and sketched style.