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Laura Anderson '21
*sixth photograph of Hidden Gems series
2019
Series of Photographs
By Laura Anderson '21
This work is based off of a found photo archive of World War I era battle photographs. It is from a series that investigates the role of the soldier.
2016
Acrylic, charcoal, and india ink on paper
Past lovers who couldn’t be together grieve over “what was” and “what could have been”, learning each other’s rhythms tenderly for the first time.
2024
Oil on Canvas
The security blanket is a metaphor for something we cling to when we are afraid and how it is something we must learn to let it go.
Link to Website
Photography
Stillness, the relationship between Venice’s constant landscape and its moving parts, environments of order that have witnessed extravagant change
2018
acrylic on canvas
It’s a shame if you did not get around time to see Hoover Tower in different lights.
Photo
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
2023
Oil on wood panel
This work is about rupture and disruption, whether environmental, familial, or linguistic. I wanted to think visually about over-saturation.
2020
India Ink on Paper
I spent 26 days backpacking through Death Valley. When water is scarce, life harder yet more simple, what matters most becomes evident.
song / soundscape
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
Graphite on Paper
Whales and dolphins were my favorite animals when I was younger. In this piece, dark shadows contrasted by blue hues highlight that childhood bond.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
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
Kumari, the living Goddess of Nepal, is not allowed to speak to those who worship her, yet her glowing eyes depict that she has so much to tell us.
2022
Graphite
An ode to a few of many meaningful moments shared with friends over a cafe drink – Coffee at Peet’s, Chai by Meyer Green, and Matcha over Zoom.
Gouache on Paper
A portrayal of the death of Chaos as depicted in the Zhuangzi, who expired after Shu and Hu bored a new hole into him each day for seven days.
2015
Digital Visual Art
A cat in a Japanese restaurant.
3D computer graphics
Location: East Asia Library
2021
Digital Illustration
While at SFMOMA with Stanford’s ITALIC program, I created this self-portrait to explore the merging of technology with my image of self.
2017
Photograph
An ongoing series attempting to create an emotive instant through color theory principles
Acrylic on Canvas
This drawing is a representation of a fractal called a Julia set, which has been rendered out of plants and other organic elements.
Markers on paper
I painted one piece for each type of binaural beat to test the hypothesis, “distinct beat = distinct effect.” Conclusion? It didn’t really pan out.
Watercolor on Paper