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Helen He '23
Original cover art for the Stanford Daily’s Vol. 257 autumn quarter issue.
2019
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
This is about alienation and emotional expression as a stone, cold figure looks blankly to a wall of artificial expressions in a room.
2021
Digital 3D Render
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
A study on ephemeral hands, and an attempt to capture desperate grasping.
2014
Gesso on card.
In “Buried,” I used collage and layering to express the haunting suspicion of a seemingly ordinary event. The nostalgia oblivious bliss.
2023
Mixed Media: paper collage with ink and watercolor
Location: East Asia Library
I catch lightning bugs, flitting moments often overlooked, and bring attention to them, so that they might spark a lightbulb in the minds of others.
MultiMedia(Charcoal and Colored Pencil)
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
2017
Photo
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard, the numbers juxtaposing the letters and a soft, glowing gleam reflecting across its surface.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
2020
Photograph
A surreal portrayal of the cost of modern designer fashion culture.
Scratchboard
I made this piece as an exploration of how cows are perceived in different cultures, and society’s relationship to animals as a whole.
Mixed Media
Abstract portrait that transcends the restrictions of the body and provides the opportunity for anyone of any background to identify with the piece.
2022
Acrylic Paint on Wood
This is a photo taken in the Main Quad.
2018
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 explores repetition, but also sense of self (or selves). The title is a quote from Michael Pollan’s “Botany of Desire.”
Vector drawing and photography
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.
These are part of an ongoing series of portraits of people I met in passing. They can be displayed together or individually.
Oil on canvas
This work was featured at a solo show with New Image Art in West Hollywood. You are welcome to share any of the work on my Instagram (L.SongWu)
Oil paint on canvas
This piece was made the week before quarantine when everything was uncertain and the weight of not knowing what was to come next hung over our heads.
Link to Website
Boulder & Rope
How do you heal after being discarded?
Acrylic on Canvas