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Laura Anderson '21
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
2020
Photograph
By Laura Anderson '21
This piece started as a blank page and turned into a take on modern ignorance rendered in colored pencil and typewriter ink. Link to Artwork
colored pencil, poetry
I wanted to depict the endless possibilities of this world; the one we are so used to taking for granted.
2018
Acrylic on canvas
“I’ve loved you since the day I met you”
2023
Acrylic on Canvas
Oil on Canvas
Inspired by the works of Nina Katchadourian, this piece uses materials scavenged from the Stanford campus to explore the definition of “city.”
Paper Maps on Cardboard
A fantastical city illustrating a water-based transportation system.
Digital painting
Night is when the imagination comes alive.
Digital Illustration
This song is a unique take on John Coltrane’s ‘Impressions’ in terms of instrumentation, style, and genre.
Link to Website
2016
Guitar recording with electronic drums and synths
This is a picture a created from 40 raw pictures I took of the same fruit cup. Compiling all 40 images into one allowed me to show everything in focus
Digital Photograph
This photo was taken in the McMurty Art Building. I used black paint in photoshop to highlight the lights and computer.
A study of a tree for Drawing I in charcoal, exploring silhouettes and shading.
Charcoal on Paper
I took this photo at the Palo Alto Caltrain station in the fall. I used black ink and a black and white filter to provide an “outside of time” look.
This work is about rupture and disruption, whether environmental, familial, or linguistic. I wanted to think visually about over-saturation.
India Ink on Paper
The rising sun in the bay turns typically unaesthetic man-made transmission towers into a beautiful contrast of light and dark.
Photography
A gray tabby cat with timeless, marble-like eyes filled with stories to tell and lessons to share sits near a bush, encapsulating the spirit of Paris.
2019
Colored Pencil
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light.
Photo with artistic editing
Lucky to witness a green Dish.
2017
Photo
This painting was an exercise to try and use simple, yet bold brushstrokes to capture the essence of the moment.
Oil paint on canvas
Man passing through a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in Paris. The text reads “it is dark (or literally, black) in the country of lights.”
Photograph of Man in Paris