International Womans Day Illustrated 2018 - Toshis World - Etsy Journal


Felicitamos a la tienda Toshis World del Etsy Puerto Rico fue seleccionada como una de las Mujeres Ilustradoras de este año 2018. Nos da felicidad saber que nuestra comunidad Etsy Puerto Rico llega lejos con sus creaciones, haz click para leer más...



Nods to the natural world are a consistent presence in the work of Puerto Rican artist Nieves Waleska Pumarejo Blanco of Toshisworld: an anatomically inspired heart blooms with flowers, a “tiny galaxy” is encircled by a garland of leaves. Her latest work adds depictions of women to this landscape: One wears a necklace made of vines, while another subject seems to have entwined herself so thoroughly that it is no longer possible to see where she ends and the foliage begins. They are no longer just women, Nieves says, but “beings connected to nature and the unknown—and also connected to themselves to find their own voice, their own strength.”
They take their inspiration from women close to the artist. “I grew up with my mom, my aunt, and my mom’s friends—all of them single—so the masculine figure was more like a ghost, someone who appears and disappears,” she says. “Since childhood I’ve drawn women because they were my role models—the only figures that I know well.” Their central appeal to her as an artist, she says, was their power. “I think women have a great power and wisdom to change and heal—not only themselves, but an entire society and world.”


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Nieves Waleska Pumarejo Blanco
Artist & Illustrator

Etsy Puerto Rico

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