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Lily Thai '27
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2022
Watercolor on Paper
By Lily Thai '27
This piece depicts a fictionalized memory of my grandfather, who I only knew through his woven hats and birds passed down through my family.
2023
Oil Paint on Canvas
Shriram California photos
2019
Digital photographs
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
Oil on wood panel
Girl has a moment of clarity when her head is in the clouds.
2018
Photoshop
Serenity from within results from letting go.
2014
Watercolor
I was inspired by a picture I took of my grandfather when visiting Korea for the first time since immigrating to America in 2001.
Oil on Canvas
This short film was submitted as part of my arts portfolio for my Stanford application
Link to Website
2021
Short Film
Kaley, my plush fish who represents friendship (each of my friends has one) next to a bottle of medication to celebrate starting recovery recently.
2024
The setting sun casts a firey light onto the skyline of San Francisco, with Coit Tower visible over the hills of the city.
Oil paint on canvas
Experimentation with natural forms and light.
Photograph
I captured this while camping in Colorado. Upside down the sunrise reflected in the mist covered water reminded me of Earth’s curvature from space.
2015
Digital Photograph
This is a portrait of a cat whom I love and cherish.
Oil on canvas
This painting is in honor of Ahina and all the women that spend years wishing for a day at school.
2017
46″ x 32”
Rendering of a modern jazz pavilion, referencing the visual skeleton chord structure of jazz compositions.
Digital Rendering
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.
While at SFMOMA with Stanford’s ITALIC program, I created this self-portrait to explore the merging of technology with my image of self.
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
2016
These pieces draw on the rich beauty of Italy to subvert ideas of what Italian art must be (i.e stuck in the Renaissance).
Pen and Marker
How does the lover’s gaze interpret and transform the body? What does it mean to paint the beloved intimately yet leave them unidentifiable?
Acrylic on canvas
inspired by Mondays, morning showers, and an addiction to caffeine.
Digital illustration