One of a series of illustrations for the book Tina's Journey - A Collection of Words and Poetry by Survivors of Domestic Violence, commissioned by the Women's Aid Organisation (WAO).
- Tina's Journey is curated by Bernice Chauly and Kelvin Ang, and illustrated by Chan Wen Li. Book Launch: George Town Literary Festival 2017, Penang, 26 November 2017.
Trappings of the subconscious.
- Exhibited at Wen Li's first solo exhibition, 'Drawing My Mind - A Lived Experience Art Exhibition', July 20-22, 2017, Borneo Convention Centre, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, in conjunction with the The 29th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) & The 21st Malaysian Conference of Psychological Medicine (MCPM)
Reliving a swirling maze of thoughts.
- Exhibited at Wen Li's first solo exhibition, 'Drawing My Mind - A Lived Experience Art Exhibition', July 20-22, 2017, Borneo Convention Centre, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, in conjunction with the The 29th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) & The 21st Malaysian Conference of Psychological Medicine (MCPM)
A drawing for Running Toons, depicting the plight of indoor-bound runners in Kuala Lumpur during a particularly bad haze season.
A snapshot of one rare moment of clarity, before everything falls back into an inarticulate tangle.
- Exhibited at Wen Li's first solo exhibition, 'Drawing My Mind - A Lived Experience Art Exhibition', July 20-22, 2017, Borneo Convention Centre, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, in conjunction with the The 29th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) & The 21st Malaysian Conference of Psychological Medicine (MCPM)
The Kingdom of Masserson is an imaginary land inspired by the playtime favourites of the artist’s young daughter. Initially drawn for the child’s entertainment (certain features are requests by the kiddo – the Cat’s Playground, the storm clouds, the solar system; the name ‘Masserson’ itself is a creation of the child), the piece eventually became a little memento of one of the most inquisitive phases of the child’s growth, overlaid with hints of a parent’s love (the provision of a shelter from the storm) and, lest we forget, a little reminder to spend more quality time with one’s kids, who invariably grow up all too quickly – ‘There’s plenty of time’ (to play, that is!).
A drawing for Running Toons, promoting a collaborator's running event.
A commissioned drawing for the artist's friends, putting into pictures their various outdoor activities undertaken within a single day.
A drawing for Running Toons, during the Lunar (Chinese) New Year celebrations, depicting the legend of what the animals of the Chinese zodiac would have done had their legendary race (which results determined the order of the animals on the Chinese zodiac) been a running event in modern times!
A drawing for Running Toons, promoting a collaborator's running event.
A drawing for Running Toons, promoting a collaborator's running event.
You may have noticed the artist's penchant for all things caffeine!
Shoes rule our lives more than we think – there are shoes that fit and shoes that don’t, shoes that we’re expected to fill.. all of which could very well sprout wings if one believed hard enough.
At the inception of this piece, this was a simple runner’s shoe, carrying with it the hopes and dreams of a budding athlete. By the time the finished drawing was displayed, it had taken on alternative personas of the people who had viewed it – a dancing shoe to one who wished to be freed from shackles; a winged messenger’s sandal to the traveller or mythology buff; and to the sentimental dreamer, Cinderella’s slipper.
What’s your shoe?
The artist's impression of her coach's break-down of one of the more brain-bending lessons in CrossFit Foundations!
A drawing for Running Toons, in celebration of one of one of the victories of the world's fastest 100m runner.
A drawing for Running Toons, promoting a collaborator's running event.
A doodle that may resonate with Pilates practitioners! :)
A drawing that was included in a blog post on a particularly busy edition of a popular local marathon, which also pokes fun at the gadget-inspired habits of runners.