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Weilai Yu '22
The Countour of White Sands NP
2023
Photograph
By Weilai Yu '22
This portrait portrays a friend overlaid and entangled in the swamps of Louisiana near NOLA — her home.
2017
Oil on Canvas
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
2022
Oil Paint on Canvas
This piece is a self-portrait that puts emphasis on gaze and light to convey a subject that is emerging from the shadows.
2018
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
Lush layers of volanoes, forest fires, tsunamis are interwoven with snarling dogs, invoking chaotic and powerful forces of nature. 30″ x 40″.
Oil paint and thread on canvas
In a pre-show photoshoot for my roommate’s student classical Indian dance ensemble, Noopur, she “breaks character” during a pose.
2016
I love the idea of a personal brand, especially in 2016.
2014
Color Film
This work is a triptych of body parts from several acclaimed works by Renaissance artists. The famous works are reimagined in a modern style.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
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.
2020
Digital Photograph
Forms of intimacy—emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual—overlap in these abstract shapes. Intimacy is fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
Wood Sculpture
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
Oil paint on panel
“I’ve loved you since the day I met you”
Acrylic on Canvas
A digital re-imagining of my piece about humanity’s changing relationship with the natural world.
2015
Mixed Media
BEAM Stanford-related photos
2019
Digital photographs
This piece explores gender. On the left are stereotypically feminine things, on the right masculine, and in the middle a “beautiful” mix of the two.
Photograph/Scanned Image
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Watercolor on Paper
Mount Daly in Snowmass, Colorado
Gouache paint on watercolor paper
This piece seeks to capture the way people burnout and lose themselves to fulfill the expectations of others.
Digital Illustration
This is a picture of the hub of the city getting reflected in the river water.
2021
I was looking for a subject I could depict using my new ink pens, and this sculpture was perfect because it included lots of shadows and some colors.
Ink Pen