Kara Pangilinan-Tan is a visual artist who captures human emotions through the intricate lines and patterns of her
work.
She describes her style as “elaborate expressionism”, as she adds excessive detail on all sorts of scenes and
subjects, mostly rotating between linescapes, leaves, lace and ladies. But no matter the subject or scene, it’s the
details that distinguish her work.
“My mind goes blank and my hands create the patterns.”
She started off in 2011 creating only black & white art, with pen & ink as her medium. Hence, her artist brand name Details Ink and the black & white signature look that can be found in almost all her early work. After years of working with different brands and creating murals here and there, she found her sweet spot as a painter and enjoys creating from her home studio.
Now a wife and mother, Kara explores the same subjects but with a different heart— one that relies on art as a means of staying grounded through every season of life.
She hopes to sustain a slow creative practice and to continue to make art for many decades to come.
