Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Gwen Ifill

“It is human instinct to confuse belief with truth.” - Gwen Ifill

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 18, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Gwen Ifill quote, Black journalist reporterComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Zora Neale Hurston

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” - Zora Neale Hurston

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 16, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Zora Neale Hurston quote, Harlem Renaissance, Black woman writerComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Bree Newsome Bass

“There’s no Black Liberation without Black women.” - Bree Newsome Bass

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 15, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Black Lives Matter, Bree Newsome Bass quote, white supremacyComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

“We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don’t get beyond that by deciding not to talk about it anymore. It will always come back; it will always reassert itself over and over again.” - Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 14, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Black Lives Matter, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Say Her Name, Intersectional FeminismComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Hattie Canty

“No contract. No peace.” - Hattie Canty

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 13, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Hattie Canty quote, Labor Activist, union strong, women’s historyComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Issa Rae

“I’m rooting for everybody Black.” - Issa Rae

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 12, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Issa Rae quote, Black pop culture, Insecure HBOComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Ruth Wilson Gilmore

“Abolition is about presence, not absence. It’s about building life-affirming institutions.” - Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 11, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Black Lives Matter, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Prison Abolition, Abolish the Police, mixed media, acrylic painting portrait, paper collageComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: René Brooks

“Guard your yes with your life.” - René Brooks

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 10, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Rene Brooks, Neurodiversity, ADHD awareness, Guard your yesComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Regina King

“Comfort zones are where dreams go to die.” - Regina King

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 9, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Watchmen HBO, Regina King quote, comfort zonesComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Mama Cax

“The shorter the dress, the closer you are to heaven.” - Mama Cax

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 8, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Mama Cax quote, amputee awareness, disability rights, Black fashion modelComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Dorothy Butler Gilliam

“The idea that my very person — separate from my abilities — could hamper my success prompted a tiny roar inside me.” - Dorothy Butler Gilliam

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 6, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Dorothy Butler Gilliam quote, Black woman journalist, women’s history, Black history, Civil RightsComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Samella Lewis

“Art is not a luxury as many people think – it is a necessity. It documents history – it helps educate people and stores knowledge for generations to come.” – Samella Lewis

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 6, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Samella Lewis quote, Black woman artist, art is not a luxury, women’s historyComment

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