It could be your neighbor, the girl next door, a friend or an acquaintance, the protagonist of the illustrations of Monica Garwood, artist of the Bay Area of San Francisco, a place full of inspirations and ideas. The enigmatic faces, the delicate and sinuous features recall the liberty style, accompanied by geometries useful to contextualize her subjects, which emanate a marked femininity, given by the oximor fragility-force.

At times these illustrations make us think of Jane Austen, because they tell more nuances of what it means to be a woman and they do it in a poetic, a little melancholic way, with a softness and delicacy in the background. It will be for this great ability of the artist to be able to tell and capture the feminine essence, which Monica boasts a prestigious list of fans and clients such as New York Times and Facebook.

And indeed women are tired of the female image imposed by the media. With her works, the artist offers us what is authentic: the heroines are real women, women who see every day fight, love and live everyday life.