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WOMEN
ILLUSTRATE
THEIR 2021
DREAMS
AUTUMN 2020

a
s we enter the last few months of 2020,
there is an opportunity to hope for a better
2021. We asked this group of creative
women – from 9 countries – to do just that.
What follows are their illustrated dreams
for the next year.
While the participants did not see each
other's work before publication, a number
of common themes emerge. On the eve of
the U.S. election, some reference political
change, others are focused on personal
growth, family and friends.
We encourage you to take time to study
these illustrations carefully. Some
surprises and subversions are in the details.
Finally, we ask you, our readers, to
imagine what you would illustrate if given
this challenge.
We wish you happy, healthy holidays and
hope to see you again early next year.
Suzette Moyer
Sara Quinn
Kris Viesselman
Cover illustration by Erin Robinson

Jess Blanchard | Virginia

Jennifer Orkin Lewis | New York

Elena Montobbio | Italy

Amy Ning | California

Marta Sevilla | Spain

Anita L. Arambula | California

Carrie Mifsud | New York

Gayle Kabaker | Massachusetts

Be Boggs | California

Dian Holton | Washington, D.C.

Arinda Craciun | Germany

Tiffany Jan | California

Ellen Weinstein | New York

Monica Edwards | California

Gabriela Salem | Argentina

Sara Gironi Carnevale | Italy

Natasha Padhiar | New York
Hope gives us a reason to dream, and
dreams motivate us to act. We have
seen how the magic of hope--the power
within--has made us resilient during
these uncertain times.
Hope has shown us how love and
humanity can work to erase hate. We’ve
seen the kindness of community, the care
of helping hands, and the appreciation
for those we may have taken for granted.
Hope has pushed so many of us to look
within, and find our purpose. We’ve seen
so many find solace in new passions or
skills, and find ways to achieve goals that
had been put on the back burner. We’ve
also seen that everyone has a different
way of coping, and give importance to
self-care and stillness in our lives.
Hope has given us remarkable collective
action. We’ve seen how folks have
used their time, energy, and voices to
advocate for change, to raise awareness.
We’ve seen how loud those voices that
support and encourage others can be.
As we continue to be resilient in this
fight, continue to make sacrifices and
cope with changes, we see the magic
of hope push us forward, guide us to
dream of a better future, see value in
ourselves, and do more for our collective
transformation.
Essay and Art by Natasha B. Padhiar

Nuri Ducassi | Florida

Tonia Cowan | New York

Erin Robinson | New York

Jing Li | China

Sara Quinn | Minnesota

Kris Viesselman | Minnesota

Julie Elman | Ohio

Marilyn Gates-Davis | Maryland

Deborah Withey | Wales
I went out into
my garden
in October
and I did not
find autumnal
ochres, browns.
pumpkins or
aubergines.
I found red.
Red is blood.
Red is bold.
Red is love.
Red is life.
Red is hope.
We need hope.
That’s what
I wish for.

Stef Choi | California

Suzette Moyer | Washington, D.C.

May-Ying Lam | Texas

Susana Sanchez | California

Susie Ang | Singapore

Isabel Espanol | France

Jean Trumbo | Minnesota
2020
was hectic, chaotic,
scary, unstable politics,
COVID019, isolation, economic devastation,
social unrest, climate changes
from fires to hurricanes … exhausting my
senses and challenging my creativity.
My impulse has been to hunt and gather
and try new things. The old ways of
expressing myself — painting and drawing
— didn’t seem adequate so I am
experimenting. Sometimes art results,
but that isn’t the point. Creativity as a
means of survival is key. You have to
survive before you can thrive. Making art
for me has always been both.

Wesley Allsbrook | California

Index and bios
01
Jess Blanchard | Virginia
Jess is a graphic artist, hand-letterer
and illustrator based near Washington,
D.C. She designs and illustrates
children's books. Find her work at
jessbstudio.com
@jessblanchardstudio (insta)
02
Jennifer Orkin Lewis |
New York
Jennifer (aka August Wren) has a deep
love of color, pattern and nature that
are the foundation of her work as an
artist, illustrator, author and teacher.
Find her work at augustwren.com.
@augustwren (insta)

03
Elena Montobbio | Italy
Elena is a journalist and graphic
designer based in Milan. She can't fall
asleep without reading a book. The
deep blue ocean scares her, yet she is
amazed by the mountains.
@montobbioelena (insta)
06
Anita L. Arambula | California
Ani is an award-winning illustrator,
photographer and designer at the
San Diego Union-Tribune. In her spare
time, she creates recipes for her blog,
confessionsofafoodie.me
@afotogirl (insta & twitter)
@anita_arambula (insta)
04
Amy Ning | California
Amy is a Long Beach-based artist,
born in Tokyo. She immigrated to
Los Angeles in 1972. Find her work
at amyning.com.
@amyningvisuals (insta)
@amyning1 (twitter)
07
Carrie Mifsud | New York
Carrie is a colorful lady. She loves cats,
caffeine, creativity. She is also a senior
design editor at the New York Times.
Find her work at carriegee.com.
@carrielynnemifsud (insta)
@clmifsud (twitter)
05
Marta Sevilla | Spain
Marta works from her studio in
Madrid on colorful and quirky illustrations.
She rides a bike, writes stories,
makes picture books and editorial
illustrations. More at martasevilla.es
and marlenaagency.com/marta-sevilla.
@martasevilla (insta)
@martasevillaart (twitter)
08
Gayle Kabaker |
Massachusetts
Gayle is an award-winning painter,
writer and visual storyteller. Traveling
to paint and draw is a big part of her
life, and she uses her sketchbook to
document her life. Find her work at
gaylekabaker.com.
@gaylekabaker (insta & twitter)

09
Be Boggs | California
Be is a Los Angeles-based artist who
works in animation, digital illustration,
painting, woodcarving and photography.
She has had solo exhibitions at
Sheila Olsen Gallery in Laguna Beach
and ArtShareLA. Find her work at
beboggs.com.
12
Tiffany Jan | California
Tiffany is an illustrator and designer
living in Los Angeles. She likes
cooking sometimes, and eating all the
time. Find her work at tiffjan.com
@tiffjan (insta)
@illustratedbe (insta & twitter)
10
Dian Holton | Washington, D.C.
Dian is an art director at AARP,
artist and stylist. Her background
includes fashion, footwear design
publishing, philanthropy, and travel.
Find her work at dianholton.com.
@dianholton (insta & twitter)
13
Ellen Weinstein | New York
Ellen is an award-winning author/
illustrator whose books include
Recipes for Good Luck and Yayoi
Kusama: From Here to Infinity for
MoMA. Find her work at
ellenweinstein.com.
@ellenweinsteinilloz (insta)
@eweinsteinilloz (twitter)
11
Arinda Craciun | Germany
Arinda is a freelance illustrator and
visual artist in Berlin working in
different monotype techniques for
editorial and books.
@arinda.illustration (insta)
@adnira79 (twitter)
14
Monica Edwards | California
Monica Edwards, a resident of
Silverado, finds inspiration for her
art in the local coastal sage scrub and
chaparral.
@medwards610 (insta)

15
Gabriela Salem | Argentina
Gabriela Salem is an illustrator,
designer, visual artist, writer and
university teacher in Buenos Aires.
Find her work at gabisalem.com.ar.
@gabitasalem (insta & twitter)
18
Nuri Ducassi | Florida
Nuri is an art director and illustrator
who has led award-winning design in
some of the top newsrooms in the U.S.
and Canada. Her work appears in the
Minneapolis Star Tribune.
@nducassi (twitter)
16
Sara Gironi Carnevale | Italy
Sara is an illustrator. Ironic, sometimes
irreverent, she's always curious and
constantly hungry for new ideas (or
just hungry.) Find her work at
saragironicarnevale.com
@saragironicarnevale (insta)
behance.net/saragironicarnevale
19
Tonia Cowan | New York
Tonia is an artist who lives in the city
and works at the Wall Street Journal.
She draws people because "You're all
really interesting."
@teeceeto (insta)
@ToniaCowan (twitter)
17
Natasha Padhiar | New York
Natasha is an illustrator, writer, and a
dream-believer. She is more recently
shifting focus towards children's book
and editorial work. Find her work at
brightandbluestudio.com
@brightandbluestudio (insta)
@Tashhiiee (twitter)
20
Erin Robinson | New York
Erin's illustrations have been
featured in the New York Times and
the Washington Post, among others.
You can find her work on her Etsy
shop, brooklyndolly.
@brooklyndolly (insta)

21
Jing Li | China
Jing works as a freelance illustrator in
Beijing. Find her work at jinglistudio.
com and marlenaagency.com/
jing-li-illustration.
@i_am_jingwaa (insta)
24
Julie M. Elman | Ohio
Julie is a professor at the School of
Visual Communication at Ohio
University. She teaches publication
design, editorial illustration,
typography and the creative process.
Find her work at julie-elman.com.
@joodlesbyjulie (insta)
22
Sara Quinn | Minnesota
Sara is a designer, illustrator, educator,
researcher who is easily distracted by
wonderful visual things. … Look! Isn't
that beautiful?
@saradq (insta)
@saraquinn (twitter)
25
Marilyn Gates-Davis |
Maryland
Marilyn is a painter and graphic
designer whose work has been shown
in small galleries, businesses and
private collections. Find her at
marilyngates-davis.com
@mgdesigns_17 (insta)
@MG_Davis (twitter)
23
Kris Viesselman | Minnesota
Kris is a creative director, designer,
editor, illustrator, painter, singer and
traveler. She can usually be found in
Minnesota, California, Washington,
D.C. or Oslo.
@krisv (insta & twitter)
26
Deborah Withey | Wales
Deborah is an artist who believes in
people and treasures and tells stories
made of paper, pixels, paint, and
natural finds. Find her work at
cheeseandpickles.carbonmade.com.
@deborahwithey (insta)
@cheeseanpickles (twitter)

27
Stef Choi | California
Stef writes and draws in Los Angeles.
She has designed characters for
Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon
and often sculpts characters in her
ceramic studio. Find her work at
stefchoi.com.
@stef.choi (insta)
30
Susana Sanchez | California
Susana has been an art director/
visual journalist for 22 years.
When she became a mother, she
started creating art inspired by
her culture. Find her work at
thedesigningchica.com.
@thedesigningchica (insta)
@designingchica (twitter)
28
Suzette Moyer |
Washington, D.C.
Suzette is a senior design editor at
The Washington Post. She is lucky to
have worked with many of the women
in this magazine. She likes all kinds
of flowers.
@scmoyer (insta)
@suzettemoyer (twitter)
31
Susie Ang | Singapore
Susie is an illustrator and avid
swimmer. She also writes poems
and daydreams whenever her time
is available. Find her work at www.
susieang.com.
@saucersusie (insta)
29
May-Ying Lam | Texas
May-Ying is a freelance photographer/
creator. She was previously a features
and magazine photo editor at The
Washington Post. Find her work at
may-ying.com.
@mayyin9 (insta & twitter)
32
Isabel Espanol | France
Isabel Espanol, a Paris-based
illustrator, likes collage and the hazards
of using what she finds. She teaches
at Lisaa school of graphic design. Find
her work at isabelespanol.com and
marlenaagency.com/isabel-espanol.
@isabel_espanol (insta)

33
Jean Trumbo | Minnesota
Jean's work includes painting, drawing,
collage, sculpture and mosaic.Personal
geography, her work shows place and
sensory experience of colors, shapes,
textures, smells, sounds and feelings.
@jeantrumbo (insta & twitter)
Credits
Founding editors
Sara Quinn, Suzette Moyer, Kris Viesselman
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Wesley Allsbrook | California
Wesley draws and writes for fun and
profit. Find her work at
wesleyallsbrook.com.
@wesleyallsbrook (insta & twitter)
Creators
A million thanks to all the contributors for
donating their beautiful work.
Type
We used these typefaces, designed by
women: Abril Fatface, Lusitana & Signika.
(The logo is derived from Ziggurat italic by
Hoefler&Co.)
Future projects
If you have an interest in
participating in a future issue of Wander,
please message us at:
WanderMagazineInfo@gmail.com.
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Note: The creators maintain the rights to their own artwork
outside of this project's context.