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Laia Bent '25
This piece is an abstract self-portrait linking the internal self and the body to the collective human consciousness.
2022
3D animation (Blender)
By Laia Bent '25
A contrast between the cold, grayish tones of the subject and the warmer ones of the koi fish as the two tones mesh following the flow of the fish.
2021
Oil Paint on Canvas
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.
2020
Watercolor on Paper
Rendering of a modern jazz pavilion, referencing the visual skeleton chord structure of jazz compositions.
2018
Digital Rendering
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
This piece emerged from a desire to merge figurative and abstract forms. (there are some flaws in the .jpg, if needed I can retake pictures)
2015
Acrylic on Canvas
I have a series of three paintings showing scenes from 3 places here in USA which caught my eye.
Watercolor
Our limbs perform so many tasks yet we rarely take a moment to recognize the inner workings that make these movements possible.
Link to Website
2019
Acrylic tube, yarn, metal hardware, wood, epoxy resin
Taken in Alberta, Canada. My hope is not to showcase landscapes but to acknowledge that Earth’s beauty surrounds us.
2017
Photograph
A study on ephemeral hands, and an attempt to capture desperate grasping.
2014
Gesso on card.
(Work in progress) Monstera in grayscale w/ orchre yellow stems
2024
Oil on Canvas
Quad is always changing amazingly.
Photo
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 is a painting of inception as an artist recreates a Delacroix masterpiece, “The Death of Sardanapalus” with a little boy looking up in awe.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These would represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Pinned parts of a traditional Vietnamese dress cut to my measurements. Through deconstruction, functionality and familiarity are lost.
2023
Charcoal and Mixed Media on Salvaged Cotton and Organza
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
Digital Illustration
This piece explores gender. On the left are stereotypically feminine things, on the right masculine, and in the middle a “beautiful” mix of the two.
Photograph/Scanned Image
This work is about rupture and disruption, whether environmental, familial, or linguistic. I wanted to think visually about over-saturation.
India Ink on Paper
Impressions of animal magnetism and the collective unconscious.
Digital Visual Art
A coloring pages for people to color and de-stress:) These pages are part of my project Coloring to Cope for the COVID-19 art grant.
Digital