When Frida Met Carmen 1 & 2 Pair

This painting started as two colours. The ultramarine blue colour is called Frida, and the hot fuchsia pink is called Carmen. So, when those two colours collided on the canvas, I created a story in my head about two friends, sisters, or lovers called Frida and Carmen, having a jaunt through the jungle eating A LOT of fruit.

The blue mirror is an homage to the most famous Frida, as I thought she would like to see her reflection with her flower halo already in place on her head. I didn’t paint her mono-brow—got to be kind to the sisterhood.