Juliette Poney

A magic pencil stroke that captures and restores the essential. Juliette Poney illustrates life (and her life) in immediate, dreamlike and very often engaging images. His pencil goes where his gaze goes, direct and refined, he concentrates on the emotion which he transcribes with power and efficiency.

Never absent but always used sparingly, color underlines the artist’s intention. A bit like her way of telling us “look carefully here, I have something to tell you”. It is this singularity that prompted Tienda Esquipulas to ask her to reinvent Frida Kahlo.

Juliette Poney created two illustrations by Frida Kahlo for Tienda Esquipulas. The powerful femininity of the Mexican artist is concentrated in the color of the lips, the soft and penetrating gaze illustrates her creativity and the well-known flower headdress asserts her personality.

Radiant Frida

Peaceful and pensive, Frida Kahlo radiates her talent and personality. Like the religious “resplendors” characteristic of certain representations of the Virgin, Frida’s face is surrounded by a radiant halo.

Frida floral

The floral explosion from which Frida Kahlo’s face emerges illustrates both the creative power of the artist and the incredible psychological and emotional labyrinth into which illness, love and femininity plunged her throughout her life during.