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Can morbid be cute?

Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Mulligan
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Mulligan

I would never have thought that creepy and cute could go together in a sentence. That was until I saw Kristen Tercek's incredible acrylic on wood paintings signed Cuddly Rigor Mortis. Jersey based artist, trained at NYU Film School lives in the woods with beloved husband and two chihuahuas, painting small pictures of "thoughts had in the dead of night".

Cuddly Rigor Mortis, MulliganCuddly Rigor Mortis, Mulligan

Animated bruised golf balls, crippled candies, sorrow melting ice-creams, one-eyed fruits or muffins with heads sliced or bitten, cats with cataract and many other cuddlesome little beings in suffering are the subjects of violent yet dreadfully funny scenes.

Cuddly Rigor Mortis, CitrusideCuddly Rigor Mortis, Citruside

Carried away by their sweetness (plus a slightly cartoonish feel) one might wrongly target Kristen's art toward kids, but as the artist says on her website "... if it seems just cute and happy, please keep looking. I'm sure you'll notice something quite horrific soon enough".

Image gallery:
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Slice and Dice
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Slice and Dice
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Sweet Lobotomy
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Sweet Lobotomy
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Peppermint Gimp
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Peppermint Gimp
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Minty Melt
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Minty Melt
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Kokoroheart
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Kokoroheart
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Coffee Break
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Coffee Break
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Cataract
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Cataract
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Apple Eye
Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Apple Eye

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By Haut Fashion , 9 May 2018

Passionate about painting and life itself

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Heather Mattoon's fashionable cats

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By Haut Fashion, 6 June 2018

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Sylvia Ji and her sad fairies

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A story about little rabbits

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Optimistic brushes of color

Estera, Perfect Morning

Sad experiences can be very inspiring in art but Estera prefers feeding her creativity with happiness, meeting nice people, enjoying beautiful mornings with good cups of coffee. It seems familiar, so far, I might say. Estera...

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By Haut Fashion, 21 March 2019

Fragile girls in ink

Ashley Goldberg, Gaggle of Girls

Ashley Goldberg's characters seem very fragile, looking for true friendship and protection. She draws shy little girls, with plush bears in their arms, hiding in trees and in most cases being accompanied by cute kittens or elves.

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Painting limericks: Duy Huynh

Duy Huynh, Eternal Companions

For Duy Huynh (pronounced Yee Wun) drawing was his way of settling in a strange world as a youngster immigrant. Years passed and the Vietnamese-born artist kept his childhood passion as a means of living after graduating from UNC...

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By Haut Fashion, 27 August 2019

True passion for fairytales

Mia Araujo, Persephone

Michelle "Mia" Araujo is only 24 years old and has already astonished critics with her acrylic on wood paintings. Born in Los Angeles, Mia graduated Otis College of Art & Design and...

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By Haut Fashion, 3 June 2018

Artist submission: Ash Lethal

Ash Lethal, The Dalia

Ashleigh Fedo from Ash Lethal likes our modern art blog and we couldn’t be more honored to feature the works of this young American artist. Born in sunny Palm Beach, Florida, Ashleigh is a...

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By Haut Fashion, 17 January 2019

70s revival and a lot of pink

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Igor+André, a glamorous fantasy world

Igor+André, a glamorous fantasy world

Californian Danny Roberts, a 23-year-old artist and thinker, as he defines himself, signs the unique fashion-inspired illustrations, mostly done with fine tip pens on paper displayed on his personal blog igorandandre.blogspot.com. With a...

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The Golden Ages of Fashion

Harper's Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar (Romanian second edition) passes through almost 150 years of fashion. From the crinolines and the precious petticoats of the 1860s and 1870s to the long, straight silhouettes of the 1880s and the sportive allure of the 1890s, from...

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