Hi | Olá,
I'm Rosário Durão, an illustrator and lettering artist based in Oeiras, Portugal.
I create art about women as they actually are: complex, contradictory, powerful, feeling. Every piece begins with something that draws me in, a look, an expression, a quality I want to understand. Somewhere in the process of drawing her, I fall in love with her. That's when the work comes alive.
The result is what I call visual mantras: images of women that affirm female agency. Art that makes women say "I am like that."
Shop my work
You'll find my art prints, cards, and apparel in my Etsy shop, The Warrior Muse, and at local markets around Portugal. Whichever piece finds you, my mission stays the same: to bring women-centered art into your walls, your wardrobe, your everyday.
Art should be lived with, not just looked at.
Background
I bring over 30 years of experience in visual communication, rooted in creative practice and academic rigor.
Before turning to illustration, I was an Associate Professor teaching visual and technical communication at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
I hold a PhD in Translation Studies from Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, a Digital and Graphic Design Certificate from Parsons School of Design, and completed The Lettering Seminar and The Big Leap with Martina Flor.
That foundation (research, language, design thinking) is invisible in the finished work. But it is in every decision.
