Young Alice was thus familiar with Taiwanese artists such as Chuang Che, Wu Hao, Chu Wei-pai, Chen Ting-shih, Hsi Te-chin and Lin Hsing-yu, and she once traveled with her mother to Nankunshen to visit the legendary folk artist Hung Tung.
這也使得楊蕙如對莊、吳昊、朱為白、陳庭詩、席德進、林惺嶽等台灣現代美術創作者並不陌生，她還曾經跟著媽媽到台南縣南鯤鯓拜訪過傳奇性的素人畫家洪通。