Women Author Tapestries

A digital portrait of Virginia Woolf for all literature lovers.

"All I want to do is live in peace, plant potatoes, and dream." Portrait of my hero, Tove Jansson, the creator of the Moomins. Digital drawing, 2019.

Pop art design featuring female American novelists including Alcott, Hurston, Plath and Cather.

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Zora Neale Hurston quote: There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.

Everything is copy - Nora Ephron

Bell Hooks portrait and quote: “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”

I create my story shirt for writers.

In this historical figures series, Maya Angelou - American poet, author, and activist sits alongside the word "inspire."

“A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.” -- Flannery O'Connor White Background and Border

American author, poet, and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou

Jane Eyre claims her independence from Rochester when she states, "I am no bird and no net ensnares me. I am a human being with an independent will which I will now exert to leave you." She is a remarkably independent and strong willed woman, especially when it was published in 1847. Charlotte Bronte even used a pseudonym to publish it. See my other feminist and bookish designs.

Jane Eyre claims her independence from Rochester when she states, "I am no bird and no net ensnares me. I am a human being with an independent will which I will now exert to leave you." She is a remarkably independent and strong willed woman, especially when it was published in 1847. Charlotte Bronte even used a pseudonym to publish it. See my other feminist and bookish designs.

Perfect gift for any author, writer in your life When you start writing a book and you need motivation...

Looking for a surprisingly fun gift for the author in your life? This funny design will be sure to get your writer friends smiling. Or if you're an you're an author looking for the perfect thing for the next book fair, book signing, or writer's conference, we've got you covered. Makes a great ice breaker.

Writer Girl Gift Design

Digital illustration, 2020.

Mary Shelley — 'Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.'

Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese lived at times of turmoil and clash of ideologies. His characters are loners who are detached from their surroundings. There is an air of emptiness around them. Later, we see the same in the movies of Michelangelo Antonioni. Pavese's tragic end came in 1950.

I'd rather be doing creative writing would look good on any item. T-shirt, phone case, laptop, sticker, hoodie and more. I'd rather be doing something something else "I'd rather be collection"

Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese lived at times of turmoil and clash of ideologies. His characters are loners who are detached from their surroundings. There is an air of emptiness around them. Later, we see the same in the movies of Michelangelo Antonioni. Pavese's tragic end came in 1950.

With this image, we celebrate Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni (1892-1936).

With this image, we celebrate Catalan poet and writer Gabriel Ferrater.

Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese lived at times of turmoil and clash of ideologies. His characters are loners who are detached from their surroundings. There is an air of emptiness around them. Later, we see the same in the movies of Michelangelo Antonioni. Pavese's tragic end came in 1950.

Zora Neale Hurston portrait and quote: “I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living.”

Continuing my literature series with another powerful woman

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This is my pop art style portrait of Chilean magical realism fiction writer, Isabel Allende.

This is my pop art style portrait of Chilean magical realism fiction writer, Isabel Allende. "If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so."

This is my pop art style portrait of Chilean magical realism fiction writer, Isabel Allende.

This is my pop art style portrait of Chilean magical realism fiction writer, Isabel Allende. "For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men."

Inhale Creativity, Exhale Art, pretty much says it all

My Favorite Author Calls Me Mom

My Favorite Author Calls Me Mom

The Bennet Sisters from Pride and Prejudice

“There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me'.” ― Virginia Woolf, The Waves