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

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Assata Shakur

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” - Assata Shakur

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 4, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Black Lives Matter, Assata Shakur quote, Black liberation, nothing to lose but our chainsComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: April Dunn

“I want to help people. People like me.” - April Dunn

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 4, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, April Dunn quote, disability visibility, Disability rights activist, NeurodiversityComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Sylvia Woods

“I have seen people change. This is the faith you’ve got to have in people.” - Sylvia Woods

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 2, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Chicago labor movement, Sylvia Woods quote, Communist Party, Union historyComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Lucy Parsons

“Oh, Misery, I have drunk thy cup of sorrow to its dregs, but I am still a rebel.” - Lucy Parsons

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 1, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Lucy Parsons, anarchist, labor movement, unionsComment

New to the shop! Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer Quote Stickers

New to the shop! Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer Quote Stickers

Design, Paint + Sketch, ThriveLydia MakepeaceJuly 7, 2020etsy shop, vinyl stickers, Social Justice, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, Die Cut StickersComment

Defund the Police Sticker

New to the shop! Defund the Police sticker.

DesignLydia MakepeaceJuly 2, 2020etsy shop, vinyl stickers, Social Justice, Defund the Police, ACAB, Abolish the Police, abolitionComment

Masks Save Lives Holographic Heart Sticker

New to the shop! Masks Save Lives Holographic Heart Sticker

DesignLydia MakepeaceJuly 1, 2020etsy shop, vinyl stickers, Social Justice, masks save lives, wearing is caring, wear a mask, Covid19, coronavirusComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Cheri Beasley

We must come together to firmly and loudly commit to the declaration that all people are created equal, and we must do more than just speak that truth.” - Chief Justice Cheri Beasley

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceJune 30, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Cheri BeasleyComment