Daphné Essiet Illustrations Blog and News

  • Reflecting on The Self - Merging into My (True) Self

    by Daphné Essiet
      Michele Obama wrote "Becoming" and Alicia Keys "More Myself". These titles reflect how I have been feeling for a long time: a quest for authent...
    Posted in growth mindset, self-reflection

  • Do You Like Notebooks or People Who do?

    by Daphné Essiet
    I have always loved to write on paper. There is something special about using a pen and documenting your thoughts and feelings, at least for me. I...

  • On Texturism: Bodacious Mane, Big Hair Don't Care

    by Daphné Essiet
    I’m spoiling my inner child with the images I didn’t know I craved.

  • On Dancing

    by Daphné Essiet
    Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/gn  Representation matters. When I was about 4-5 years old I was taken to a dance class in my ne...
    Posted in afropean, antiracism, artists, black girl magic, dancing, sport

  • Dotted Symmetry 101

    by Daphné Essiet
    Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/gn  There is nothing more satisfying than completing a painting you’ve been working on for countless ...

  • Celebrating Black Francophone Women, from the Caribbean, Africa and France - Part1

    by Daphné Essiet
    Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/gn  In America, we often celebrate icons such as Toni Morrison, Dr Maya Angelou, Oprah or Angela Davis....
    Posted in afropean, antiracism, black girl magic, social justice

  • Dotted Symmetry 100 - New Sacred Geometric Dotted Painting

    by Daphné Essiet
      I am super excited to share this new piece with the community. The large canvas (24x30in) was quite daunting at first, but the process became m...

  • New Notebooks on Amazon by Daphné Essiet

    by Daphné Essiet
    Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/gn  this notebook feature a digitized painting of Daphné Mia Essiet inspired is inspired by Jamaica...

  • Special Ladies || Good Good Friends Inspirations

    by Daphne Essiet
    I’m glad to finally do this and share with you some figurative drawing inspired art I created by some of my "good-good" friends!
    Posted in artists, black girl magic, fine art collectible, jazz music, musician

  • Bodacious Mane || Untamed Ladies

    by Daphne Essiet
    "What we need right now is more women who have detoxed themselves so completely from the world's expectations that they are full of nothing but th...