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Anna Lai '19
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
2016
Watercolor
By Anna Lai '19
These pictures were taken during a neurosurgery at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children hospital.
2017
Digital photography
This is a picture of the hub of the city getting reflected in the river water.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
A little boy reaches out to the diver on the other side of the aquarium glass, encapsulated within this innocent moment of hope and harmony.
2020
Episode 1 of an upcoming mystery micro-film series
Link to Website
2022
Short Film
This piece explores duality in behavior: relaxing the tongue can provide a positive experience during kissing, but can prove deadly with sleep apnea. Link to Artwork
Writing
Past lovers who couldn’t be together grieve over “what was” and “what could have been”, learning each other’s rhythms tenderly for the first time.
2024
Oil on Canvas
This piece grapples with the difficulty of forgiveness. Opposing forces compete: luminosity and shadow, serenity and grief, redemption and regression.
Oil on canvas
The cellphone becomes a monumental, invasive aspect of experiences (especially in nature), yet is so integral in shaping memories.
2019
iPhone photographs, collaged on Photoshop
Series highlighting experiences with environmental change, connection to place, and emotional displacement by collaging satellite maps with portraits.
Photography/digital collage
Location: Law School terrace
Digital Illustration
Original cover art for the Stanford Daily’s Vol. 257 autumn quarter issue.
Lush layers of volanoes, forest fires, tsunamis are interwoven with snarling dogs, invoking chaotic and powerful forces of nature. 30″ x 40″.
2018
Oil paint and thread on canvas
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
Oil Paint on Canvas
I sought to express the conflicting emotions-guilt as well as pleasure-associating with eating cake.
Ink Resist on Paper
Two paintings exploring emptiness and isolation, and confronting feelings of lack of control during the early stages of the pandemic.
Acrylic on canvas, some collage from a news story
Knowledge allows the mind to bloom.
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.
2023
Acrylic on Canvas
The setting sun casts a firey light onto the skyline of San Francisco, with Coit Tower visible over the hills of the city.
Oil paint on canvas
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
These photographs were taken in Aegina, Greece. During ancient times Aegina was a rival of Athens, the great sea power of the era.
Digital Photographs