the first illustration in my series wallpaper girls, inspired by louis wain and the yellow wallpaper by charlotte perkins gilman.

“I never saw a worse paper in my life … It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide—plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions.”