ICEKLER

Icekler

Claire Puppylove's Art

Who am I?

Claire Puppylove (aka icekler)

Local cryptid and suspected fox witch, I am Claire Puppylove (icekler), a Mexican non-binary transgender woman, visual artist and martial artist based in Osaka, Japan with an affinity for ink painting and calligraphy, as well as watercolors. Struggling with chronic illness and disabilities, I merge my cultural background and inspiration from Japanese and Chinese calligraphy, arts and mythology as well as medieval, Celtic and pagan influences to create a new style where each brush stroke displays an emotion. You can see my work here, or follow my most recent work on Bluesky (@icekler.com) or on the Chinese platform 小红书(Xiǎohóngshū) (@clairepuppylove).

I intend to de-stigmatize LGBTQ+, mental health issues, neurodiversity, intimate relationship style diversity and sex education. As an artist, I do visual art, music, martial arts, poetry, and so on. Lately I prefer to use ink and watercolors as my main medium, and I’ve begun to learn Chinese and Japanese calligraphy styles more seriously the last year. I go on social medias either by my moniker Claire Puppylove, or my artist website name Icekler (pronounced ee-sa-kler).

Recent Art Exhibits

Claire Puppylove (icekler) at Osaka Thru the Eyes of the World vol.3

Claire Puppylove (icekler) showcased her art at Osaka Thru the Eyes of the World vol.3!

March 30th through April 7th, 2025

Merch still available!

Some of the merch that will be available at the event, from printed postcards to handmade painted postcards. Most of them depicting foxes.

What do I do?

Unable to work due to my chronic illness, during days I feel the most healthy, I like to do art and calligraphy. I mainly use ink on paper and watercolor, but I have used digital mediums in the past, such as digital painting, vector illustration designing, 3D modeling, 3D animation, 2D animation, etc. I also enjoy handcrafting, wood and stone carving, gold leafing and other manual arts.

Aside from the visual arts, I also do many martial arts. I’ve done Aikido my whole life, and I’ve practiced Karate, Kendo, Shorinji-Kenpo, Judo and Kyudo on a lesser amount. I am also interested in learning Xiaolin Kung Fu as well as Tai Chi and Baguazhang.

I also have a wide range of musical tastes and hobbies. I like composing music in digital software. I have a few old compositions for a rock album that I left unfinished, and I did video game music for a game that never quite released. However, most of the time I enjoy playing music, I have around 5 ocarinas, 3 quenas, 2 zampoñas, an Irish tin-whistle, and a few miscellaneous traditional flutes. I also quite enjoy just whistling and blowing on bottles. I’ve participated in musical ensembles with my ocarina and quena before, but few were recorded in good quality.

A calligraphy of the characters 福猫家 reimagined to look like sassy cats. There are paw prints of ink all over the scroll, as demonstrated through history, these paws will turn up just about everywhere. 福猫家 (blessed cat house) Calligraphy on Hansetsu size paper (displayed on a brown karimaki scroll) 2025-03-27
A hooded figure with red wide hakama style pants holding a staff with a golden onyx and pentacle decorations into a puddle of water stands weakly, supporting their weight on the staff. Two colorful foxes with patterns resembling celtic designs and mexican alebrije patterns rise magically from the water and look with compassion and warmth to the figure, while the figure clutches their chest which has a black heart calligraphy written on it. Magical colors swirl around the staff. It is as if the magic had a cost. Exchange Watercolor and Ink 2025-03-21
The violet background swirls and merges with the color of the skin of a nude muscular woman sat in a lotus position. Her belly button, pubic hair and nipples are painted in a realistic way, and the belly has rolls of fat in a natural way for a woman. Three sets of arms each form a different mudra, one for the root chakra, one for the sacral chakra, and one for the solar plexus chakra. Each of the chakra flowers with their respective number of petals and mantra in golden sanskrit is painted on their respective locations, and their color blends into the skin of the woman. The woman is drawn with white glowing lines, and her hair is separated from the head and floating and swirling in violet and red tones. Healing Watercolor 2025-03-21
A fox standing on its two hind legs with a witch outfit and two tails. Not anthropomorphic. She has a pentacle necklace and a big witch hat, a tunic that opens in the center but has wide flowy sleeves. She stands in a clearing in the forest. Fox Witch (color version) Watercolor and Ink 2025-03-16
A creature consumed by negative emotions curled up in a corner looking back at the viewer Consumed Ink and Digital Filters 2023-09-27
Nude portrait, black ink forms sigilic patterns on the skin, in the chest a heart in half, in the lower belly a spear-like sigil extending to both breasts. Holding a mask with five eyes all crying blood. The blood from the mask remains on a wistful face, looking at the finally removed mask. The blood drips splitting the heart sigil in half. Hair floats in the air like separated strands of purple and violet, against a light red background full of disorganized brush strokes forming shapes. Agoraphobic Watercolor and Ink 2021-12-09
Moon Wolf in a starry sky in color Night Doggo in the sky Watercolor fude-pen on paper 2018-08-18
solar eclipse - moon wolf eating the sun 日食 s o l a r &nbsp e c l i p s e Ink and Digital Filters 2017-11-05
A sad eye with broken structures Broken Ink and Digital Filters 2017-04-17
cat playing with the universe as a yarn ball Cat playing with the Universe Ink and Digital Filters 2016-10-16

Where to find me?

Send art print requests (currently open!) and inquiries for commissions (currently open!) to:icekler.art.requests@gmail.com

You can also contact me on Bluesky, or 小红书(Xiǎohóngshū) which is where I’m the most active.