Enchanted

Shucolat (Chan Shu Yin), Singapore

During a recce to Taman Jurong for a community art project, I came across this tree stump. From the girth of the felled tree, I could tell it was a big one, perhaps a Mother Tree that had supported the surrounding trees, sending signals and nourishment through her vast root and fungi network. After being cut, she still continued supporting other life forms, and was being supported by the trees around her, as observed by the rings of mushrooms, ferns and weeds growing out of her stump. It was truly an enchanting sight of nature’s sustaining force, which I wanted to capture with this sketch. 

© Shucolat (Chan Shu Yin)

Shucolat (Chan Shu Yin) is an artist and art therapist. Her art traverses the realms of nature, human’s relationship with it, as well as existentialism and the human condition. Shucolat incorporates nature into her art therapy practice, Creative Earth Art Therapy, as she believes that nature and art have the power to heal. She can be found at www.shucolat.com.