Inspired by a fake

Did she ever hold a gun?

Frida Kahlo with a gun

Unbeknown to me at the time of doing the painting, I fell in love with an image that I recently discovered it was a photomontage by angrylambie (Wikicommons).

Photomontage by angrylambie

The model withstood a difficult pose for four hours at Studio 110 in Hong Kong.

Frida with a gun- Painting process