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Helen He '23
Location: Main Quad
2023
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
This song is a unique take on John Coltrane’s ‘Impressions’ in terms of instrumentation, style, and genre.
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2016
Guitar recording with electronic drums and synths
An observational abstract of seaweed washing onto a beach, brought in by the tide. 24″ x 30″.
2018
Oil paint on canvas
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 painting is in honor of Ahina and all the women that spend years wishing for a day at school.
2017
46″ x 32”
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.
2019
Photography
A colorful view of buildings and the sky over Florence (Firenze).
2014
Oil Paint on Canvas
Cool portrait of girl trying to keep in her tears.
Photoshop
I love the idea of a personal brand, especially in 2016.
Color Film
I play hide and seek with the scars from a clumsy childhood that my Korean family always told me to hide.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
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
This piece depicts a fictionalized memory of my grandfather, who I only knew through his woven hats and birds passed down through my family.
An abstract perspective of a cityscape.
Water Color on Paper
(Work in progress) Monstera in grayscale w/ orchre yellow stems
2024
Oil on Canvas
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.
2020
gouache on paper
This piece captures the fleeting, but golden moment of connection between the deer and the viewer. A reminder that beautiful things are fleeting.
Oil on canvas
A realistic painting of a dog mouth, rendered uncomfortably close to the viewer. 8″ x 10″.
I wanted to depict the endless possibilities of this world; the one we are so used to taking for granted.
Acrylic on canvas
This piece is a self-portrait that puts emphasis on gaze and light to convey a subject that is emerging from the shadows.
I was inspired by a picture I took of my grandfather when visiting Korea for the first time since immigrating to America in 2001.
Fog drapes over the breathtaking mountain tops and diffuses across the road of Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, creating a sense of quietude.
Acrylic on Canvas