Anais Nin Literary Portrait.
The incredible Anais Nin has always been one of my favorite writers! I poured through her diaries in my younger years and her thoughts always echoed my own. She is artistic, feminist and a writer who shared all of her darknesses and her triumphs with her readers as if she was speaking with a friend.
Nin is most known for her diaries (which she wrote throughout her life), erotica, and love affairs with famous men. She was both loved and hated by the literary establishment, and struggled to be taken seriously as a writer. But to me, she became a icon of literature.
Title: Winter of Anais
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anaïs Nin
The original hand drawn and painted illustration was created by me (Debra Styer) with layers of watercolor and gouache paints over a my graphite drawing.
Nin is most known for her diaries (which she wrote throughout her life), erotica, and love affairs with famous men. She was both loved and hated by the literary establishment, and struggled to be taken seriously as a writer. But to me, she became a icon of literature.
Title: Winter of Anais
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anaïs Nin
The original hand drawn and painted illustration was created by me (Debra Styer) with layers of watercolor and gouache paints over a my graphite drawing.
