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Helen He '23
Night is when the imagination comes alive.
2020
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Androids may dream of electric sheep, and electric sheep …
2022
doodle
Not sure if this counts, but I created a Stanford logo made from many smaller photos. I can make another one, from more interesting photos.
Digital Photograph
Thousands of stippled dots layer on each other to create each gargoyle and rooftop, coming together to reveal the magnificent, historical spire.
Pen and Ink
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.
2019
Photograph
Popular Korean and American soda brands represent my Korean-Americanness, and the crushing pressures of assimilation that warps self-perception.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Inspired by a trip to explore the nature preserves in Mass Landing, CA, this art showcases two curlew birds looking for food in the shallow waters.
2017
Watercolor and Pencil
Contemplating place in the West, while memories of home in the South persist.
2018
Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 30 in
Series of 22 photographs reimagining tarot cards (Rider-Waite deck Major Arcana), to reflect the diversity and complexity of the contemporary world.
Digital Photographs
My mom took a great photo of these skulls hanging on a tree during my trip to Kenya with my family, and wanted to recreate the image in a painting.
A cat in a Japanese restaurant.
3D computer graphics
I am lucky enough to witness Lagunita being a real lake.
Photo
The sky disc’s dynamic effects on viewing the sky were photographically documented over the course of a sunrise and a sunset.
Installation: printed plastic sheeting (pictorico), fishing wire
This project was done on a ten-day summer trip to my family’s ranch.
Link to Website
Environmental Photographs
This piece highlights the importance of community and hope in the midst of a pandemic, despite physical separation from others.
Acrylic on Canvas
Vero is a UG2 custodial worker on campus who I tutor through habla. I hoped to display her as I have grown to know her: strong and compelling.
Oil Paint on Canvas
Location: Law School terrace
Original cover art for the Stanford Daily’s Vol. 257 autumn quarter issue.
A self portrait done in the style of the Old Masters.
2014
A projection of water drapes over a foot, the painting interweaves the physical and digital sensation.
2016
Oil on canvas
The cellphone becomes a monumental, invasive aspect of experiences (especially in nature), yet is so integral in shaping memories.
iPhone photographs, collaged on Photoshop