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Helen He '23
Girl meets whale.
2017
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
This is a painting of me as a child, my mom, and my grandma at the beach. It symbolizes the treasure that is family and togetherness.
2022
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
This drawing is a representation of a fractal called a Julia set, which has been rendered out of plants and other organic elements.
2018
Markers on paper
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
Colorful shapes of San Francisco buildings are highlighted by a bright sunny day.
Oil paint on canvas
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
2023
Oil on wood panel
Self portrait at the height of COVID and my own extraordinary depression.
2020
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.
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Boulder & Rope
Inspired by the strange reflection of an empty glass sitting on a table, this is a piece is about power and powerlessness—control and lack of it.
Acrylic on canvas
A ghostly woman draped in a silk shawl and pearls.
Charcoal
This is a “still life” of the fish market at my local Chinese grocery store. It is a wet, slimy, strange, intimidating, and magnificent place.
Acrylic on Canvas
This short film was submitted as part of my arts portfolio for my Stanford application
2021
Short Film
This is a portrait of a cat whom I love and cherish.
2019
Oil on canvas
This is a surreal meditation on nature’s comforting power as a sanctuary for people in need of healing.
Pencil on paper
This is about alienation and emotional expression as a stone, cold figure looks blankly to a wall of artificial expressions in a room.
Digital 3D Render
This piece uses classical aesthetics to explore man’s grief and natural processes, exploring the idea that humans can create, inform, and be nature.
Charcoal and Pencil on Paper
Western media creates unrealistic expectations of perfection in avocados. In this painting, I seek to challenge and redefine avocado beauty standards.
2016
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
A self portrait done in the style of the Old Masters.
2014
Oil Paint on Canvas
As we were walking through the streets in Rome, my mom noticed the harsh shadows hitting the restaurant in front of us, creating gorgeous colors.
cloudy with a chance of love
Digital illustration