Frida Kahlo is one of the most influential Mexican painters of the middle 20th century. At the ArtCenter in Miami Beach, delicious sangria and gourmet Mexican snacks was served by "foodie" Betsy Mullins. We stood in a packed room and listened to stupendous lecturer Armando Droulers talk about Frida's life of love, passion and pain. Frida's work is incredible, her paintings are mostly self-portraits, and as she puts it: "I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality". One very notable characteristic of Frida is the way she looked, groomed and dressed. Never wanting to remove her facial hair and accentuating her eyebrows in her paintings, she's known for her folkloric Mexican Tehuana costume, her hair dressings and her original jewelry, all which have served as inspiration to many designers along time. "I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint." Frida Kahlo.
