Portrait Paintings - Women of Courage

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Women of Courage

Portrait paintings

Portrait paintings as a tribute to women who throughout history have expanded our definition of courage. These strong and brave women can inspire us as humans, independent of age, gender, race, religion, and class.

Portrait paintings, 28x38cm, fluid acrylic & watercolor paint directly on 600 gr paper.

My work is manually executed with fluid watercolor and acrylic.

Greta Thunberg
Portrait painting: 28x38 cm, acrylic & watercolor on paper

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish teenage environmental activist on climate change whose campaigning has gained international recognition.

Emma Goldman
Portrait painting: 28x38 cm, acrylic & watercolor on paper

Anarchist and activist Emma Goldman was a fiery (sometimes violent) advocate for peace, free love and birth control in the 1910s.

Rosa Luxenburg
Portrait painting: 28x38 cm, acrylic & watercolor on paper

The writer and activist Rosa Luxemburg spent years in prison because of her opposition to the first world war, and was an outspoken critic of Marxism. Due to her strong opinions and ideas during the Spartacus Revolt, she was caught in Berlin by conservative paramilitary forces known as the Free Corps, and was later murdered in January 1919.

Malala Yousafzai
Portrait painting: 28x38 cm, acrylic & watercolor on paper

As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 but survived. In 2014, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Emmeline Pankhurst
Portrait painting: 28x38 cm, acrylic & watercolor on paper

Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women’s Social and Political Union, whose members—known as suffragettes—fought to enfranchise women in the United Kingdom.

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