Spotted! Cherie Tan

by Michele, 7 Mar 2008

THE ART

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Cherie Tan, Creative Genius at *scape and Supreme Editor of frivolous online read, mrrr, does some lovely illustrations in Indian ink. But for this fascinating, if somewhat surreal artwork titled Umbilical, she fuses Indian ink with watercolor.

“I’ve always erred towards the fantastic and macabre. Much of my art doesn’t make sense, and there is seldom deep thought behind them. Umbilical happened while I was looking at biological drawings and thinking about creative incubation. Also, it was like the last piece in the watercolor pad, so better paint something decent, right.”

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