200+ Painting Self Portrait Frida Kahlo Grátis . Although this painting has a small size (about 16x24), it draws lots of interest, since it contains so many aspects which are symbolic to frida kahlo. In self portrait along the boarder line between mexico and the united states, the sun and moon hold sway only over mexico, which was, this painting tells us, where frida wanted to be.while diego rivera was busy eulogizing modern industry on the walls of the detroit institute of arts, frida was yearning for the ancient agrarian culture of mexico. But her lace ruff is taking up all the space and she. In this portrait, she is wearing the traditional tehuana costume which diego rivera admired a lot. In this portrait, frida kahlo faces the viewer with.