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Anna Lai '19
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
2016
Watercolor
By Anna Lai '19
This work showcases cultural connection and displacement. The food that should be on your table is now hung on a wall, commemorated but inaccessible.
2024
Monoprints on food wrapping paper, laser cut stencils
I use this artwork to ask, “What has become of our childhood innocence?”
2019
ink on paper, collage
Quotes from an anonymous survey sent out to student dorms are written on prints of photographs of ducks representing Stanford students
2018
Digital photography prints
I painted a woman who is battered but is pushing herself back up with resiliency. She sends a message of hope to those facing difficulties.
2017
acrylic on wood
These sculptures are abstract representations of my reflections on intimacy as being fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
2022
Wood sculpture
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
These works were primarily crafted from fashion, science, and interior design magazines ranging from the early 90s to present.
Collage, ink pen
Commenting on our smallness in comparison to all we have to face – be it a pandemic, the vastness of the ocean, or history. Our smallness is humbling
2020
acrylic on cardboard
A fantastical city illustrating a water-based transportation system.
Digital painting
This is a painting of inception as an artist at the Louvre Museum recreates “The Death of Sardanapalus” by Delacroix, a little boy looking up in awe.
2021
Acrylic on Canvas
These two small paintings feature a whimsical image that explores feminine sexuality, inspired by the flesh-like quality of oil paint.
oil on cnavs
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Watercolor on Paper
I have a series of three paintings showing scenes from 3 places here in USA which caught my eye.
A collage made from mind media upon reflection of a quarter of studying the classics in Stanford’s freshman SLE residential program.
Mixed Media/Collage
My artwork is a sonnet in which two stars reminisce about Earth. Link to Artwork
2023
Poem
“prayer”, featuring the artist’s grandmother, captures feelings of chaos and anxiety, as well as the calm performed to or provided by others.
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Projection Installation
A gray tabby cat with timeless, marble-like eyes filled with stories to tell and lessons to share sits near a bush, encapsulating the spirit of Paris.
Colored Pencil
Often, I find myself missing the changing of seasons. But if I just look closely, signs of autumn are all around.
Nature Photography
every part of this earth is a surrogate for the people that helped create iteach building reflects the community that built it
*sixth photograph of Hidden Gems series
Series of Photographs