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Anna Lai '19
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
2016
Watercolor
By Anna Lai '19
Seeing the majestic elephants in Kenya was one of my favorite memories from my trip, and I loved depicting the different textures of the landscape.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
I captured this while camping in Colorado. Upside down the sunrise reflected in the mist covered water reminded me of Earth’s curvature from space.
2015
Digital Photograph
Colorful shapes of San Francisco buildings are highlighted by a bright sunny day.
2022
Oil paint on canvas
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
History is tied to humanity. There is something heartening about a city that takes pride in its past.
2018
acrylic on canvas
This interactive poem takes the shape of a kimchi jar and symbolizes my separation and recent reunion and celebration of my Korean identity.
Link to Website
2023
3D Arduino installation, interactive poetry
Abstract photography with the goal of rendering mundane objects unrecognizable.
Photography
Art reveals souls in day and night.
A dynamic clash, emotions entwined,
In this vibrant realm, our spirits aligned.
2024
Digital Media – Made with Procreate for Apple iPad
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
A sketched self-portrait replaced into its photographic context.
2020
Graphite on Paper, Photograph
This work converts content into physical form. Charlie Chan, played by white actors in yellowface, investigates murders. But who is he really hurting?
2017
Ink and print on wood
This project was done on a ten-day summer trip to my family’s ranch.
Environmental Photographs
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.
2019
Photograph
This print came from a colored pencil drawing I made for a friend. I thought it’d be sweet to make a sort of postcard from it.
Four color Riso print
Self portrait at the height of COVID and my own extraordinary depression.
An abstract piece with a collage element, created from splicing a collaborative image. It invokes a sense of depth and the condensation of space.
Oil paint and paper on paper
Submersion is a painting that experiments with figure in distortion, and blends the organic elements of nature with human form.
I catch lightning bugs, flitting moments often overlooked, and bring attention to them, so that they might spark a lightbulb in the minds of others.
MultiMedia(Charcoal and Colored Pencil)
Original cover art for the Stanford Daily’s Vol. 257 autumn quarter issue.
Digital Illustration
The rising sun in the bay turns typically unaesthetic man-made transmission towers into a beautiful contrast of light and dark.