The Pasadena Chalk Festival: 2012

The Pasadena Chalk Festival is an annual art event free and open to the public.  Guests come to see artists from all over Southern California at work, spending two days on the ground, creating spectacular, detailed and colorful chalk art murals on the cement that is normally walked upon.  The beauty of the event is the act of sacrifice performed by each artist, dedicating to creating their chalk mural that is later to be washed away.  LA Painted Lady walked through the chalk museum, taking photos of, and with, her favorite chalk murals. 

Winner: Best Technique
Jerry Ortega

The Materials

Chalk Reproduction of
Gustav Klimt, "The Kiss" 

Winner: Best of Festival - 2nd Place
Shuji Nishimura, "Peace, Love and Forgiveness"

Winner: Best of Festival - 1st Place
Moe Notsu "TIME Person of the Century: Albert Einstein"

An LA artist drawing Bob Marley

Leo

LA Painted Lady

Dream it.  Draw it.  Chalk it.
Artist 2012

The Foreteller of Dreams

LA Painted Lady plays dress up for NOCHE COSMICA a monthly event in LA where creative souls gather to discuss all things Occult:

Astronomy, Astrology, Tarot, Magic, Healing Arts, Dreams and more! 

I dreamnt I was in a land filled with mist and fog so thick I couldn't see.  I had to feel with my feet and my hands to know where I was...

Suddenly the mist began to clear, and a Gypsy woman appeared, welcoming me to sit beside her.  She took my hand into her wise brown hands and offered to do a reading into my future...

She smiled into the creases of my palms and sang a little song under her breath...  

Then without a word she placed a mirror before me and asked me to speak affirmations into my own reflection as she sang. I looked into the Mirror and began to speak Affirmations:
I am beautiful.
Soy bella.
I am Powerful.
I am Intuitive.
Soy Artista.
I am Creative.
I am Passionate.
Soy yo...!
And I fell into a trance while she sang and I spoke...

And then I woke from my dream laughing and smiling, smiling and laughing, and the Fortune Teller's song hummed in my memory all day long...

"I paint My Own Reality"
                           -Frida Kahlo

     IN WONDERLAND

     was a recent art exhibit at the LACMA featuring the works of Women Surrealist Artists who through their art explored past the impossible to discover the sensitivity, creativity and vivid colors of their inner worlds.  LA Painted Lady was inspired by these women artists of the United States and Mexico who followed their passions, dreams, visions and emotions to create from that unique place.  What does it mean to be an Artist?  A woman Artist?  A Surrealist?  Artists featured in this exhibit pushed past boundaries to create something truely new.

       

LA Painted Lady

LA Painted Lady's costume was inspired by two works of art, "Diego y yo" by Frida Kahlo, and a painting by Sylvia Fein:

 
               

Several of Frida Kahlo's works were on display,  including "Las Dos Fridas." 

                      

Las Tres Fridas

LA Painted Lady posed with the painting as the third Frida.


At the exhibit, she met a Mother and Daughter similarly inspired by Frida Kahlo's fashion:

                   

Las Tres Fridas

LA Painted Lady

May 8, 2012

Who is LA Painted Lady?

Elisa Noemí is LA PAINTED LADY
      Artist, Model, Fashion Stylist

      Named after the elegant Victorian houses painted colorfully to enhance their architecture, LA Painted Lady models artistic expression through color, culture and story-inspired fashion.
     By designing and modeling colorful costumes along specific themes and locations, LA Painted Lady aspires to inspire Angelinos to see this city with artistic eyes and to gain an appreciation for the diveristy of local artists. Spotlighting the style and stories of both legendary and LA artists, LA Painted Lady provides a platform for further expression and creativity.