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Helen He '23
Location: Main Quad
2023
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Anatomy of the Vogue is a portraiture study of clinical anatomy that bridges human and corpse through a play on the fashion industry.
Link to Website
2016
Colored Pencil
Series of 22 photographs reimagining tarot cards (Rider-Waite deck Major Arcana), to reflect the diversity and complexity of the contemporary world.
2018
Digital Photographs
This piece was inspired by the many rooftop cafes and stunning views of the Bosphorus River while I was exploring Istanbul on a summer vacation.
2017
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
This piece grapples with the difficulty of forgiveness. Opposing forces compete: luminosity and shadow, serenity and grief, redemption and regression.
2022
Oil on canvas
This piece is of my neighbor’s beagle, Clyde. She has two dogs, and the other is named Bonnie!
Colored pencil
This photo was taken in the McMurty Art Building. I used black paint in photoshop to highlight the lights and computer.
Digital Photograph
This is the first of an ongoing watercolor series completed under shelter-in-place, based on photos that friends have sent of their favorite views.
2020
Watercolor
Hide my anger behind flowers // my anxiety behind moths // my sadness behind ▓▓▓
Photoshop
Taken on a Sophomore College trip to Tanzania, a Maasai junior warrior dons the traditional post-circumcision black robes and white face paint.
Photograph
These metallic flowers portray our future if we continue to condone industrial heavy metal pollution. Each flower is one of my original designs.
2024
Original origami flowers on red and silver foil paper; Arranged with silk leaves
Continuation of After Class Hours.
A love letter to passionate yet high-strung and jaded Generation Z, this series focuses on youth’s struggles to find meaning in today’s online world.
2021
Photography
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
I met this young girl at a rural health clinic in Indonesia, where she had just given birth.
2014
Pencil and paper
This painting is in honor of Ahina and all the women that spend years wishing for a day at school.
46″ x 32”
Shriram California photos
2019
Digital photographs
This painting is an interpretation of Magritte’s surrealist painting “The Mysteries of the Horizon,” replacing the men with an aging ballerina.
Acrylic paint 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.
These small paintings were quick, gestural sketches that explore the beauty of the feminine form.
These two small paintings feature a whimsical image that explores feminine sexuality, inspired by the flesh-like quality of oil paint.
oil on cnavs