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Laura Anderson '21
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
2020
Photograph
By Laura Anderson '21
I was inspired by the stillness of this moment, the warm light, and the beautiful shadows created by the trees. This was based on SF Japantown.
gouache on paper
It’s a shame if you did not get around time to see Hoover Tower in different lights.
2018
Photo
Vero is a UG2 custodial worker on campus who I tutor through habla. I hoped to display her as I have grown to know her: strong and compelling.
Oil Paint on Canvas
Warm summer portrait of girl reading.
Link to Website
Photoshop
A contrast between the cold, grayish tones of the subject and the warmer ones of the koi around her as they mesh together following the fish’s flow.
2021
I was looking for a subject I could depict using my new ink pens, and this sculpture was perfect because it included lots of shadows and some colors.
2016
Ink Pen
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
2022
Digital Illustration
Hide my anger behind flowers // my anxiety behind moths // my sadness behind â–“â–“â–“
An observational abstract of seaweed washing onto a beach, brought in by the tide. 24″ x 30″.
Oil paint on canvas
Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
Mount Daly in Snowmass, Colorado
Gouache paint on watercolor paper
Original cover art for the Stanford Daily’s Vol. 257 autumn quarter issue.
2019
This portrait portrays a friend overlaid and entangled in the swamps of Louisiana near NOLA — her home.
2017
Oil on Canvas
Taken in Alberta, Canada. My hope is not to showcase landscapes but to acknowledge that Earth’s beauty surrounds us.
I have a series of three paintings showing scenes from 3 places here in USA which caught my eye.
Watercolor
Giant ladle meant to represent heaven, a room where everyone figured out that to feed themselves, they have to feed each other. + Harley Quinn’s bat
2023
Wood sculpture, Metal Sculpture. Can also display photos attached instead
A collage made from mind media upon reflection of a quarter of studying the classics in Stanford’s freshman SLE residential program.
Mixed Media/Collage
Princess Going Digital considers queer girlhood on the playground of the laptop screen, a site for unapologetic self-documentation and portraiture.
Gouache on Paper
This work is about rupture and disruption, whether environmental, familial, or linguistic. I wanted to think visually about over-saturation.
India Ink on Paper
My family, despite being cramped in a bungalow room that was our home, share warmth and happiness beyond understanding.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas