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Helen He '23
Continuation of After Class Hours.
2020
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Originally meant as a study of diffused light in a “nocturne” scene, this piece is a take on portraiture, figures, and landscape in one.
Oil Paint on Canvas
Whales and dolphins were my favorite animals when I was younger. In this piece, dark shadows contrasted by blue hues highlight that childhood bond.
2018
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
Two girls, Cloud and Moon, are safe in space.
Photoshop
These collages were created from material gathered from a variety of found sources—primarily Life, National Geographic, and Time magazines.
Collage & ink pen
The piece is inspired geometric subdivision, tessellations and fractals, fusing representations from Chinese, Japanese, and Japanese symbolisms.
2017
Laser Cut Birchwood
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.
Digital Photograph
Roses bloom from her cuts.
This painting speaks to how beauty lies in impermanence, contrasting eternal mountains and passing mist.
2023
ink on rice paper; poetry
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
I have a series of three paintings showing scenes from 3 places here in USA which caught my eye.
2022
Watercolor
These are part of an ongoing series of portraits of people I met in passing. They can be displayed together or individually.
Oil on canvas
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These would represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
The cellphone becomes a monumental, invasive aspect of experiences (especially in nature), yet is so integral in shaping memories.
Link to Website
2019
iPhone photographs, collaged on Photoshop
every part of this earth is a surrogate for the people that helped create iteach building reflects the community that built it
Acrylic on Canvas
Amid noise and glitches, serenity emerges as data flows, lines converge, existing and dissipating simultaneously.
Video Art (with sound)
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
acrylic on cardboard
A reflection of my Korean heritage in the new digital age, and how technology distorts my self-perception and my relationship with my culture.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Stillness, the relationship between Venice’s constant landscape and its moving parts, environments of order that have witnessed extravagant change
acrylic on canvas
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.
Photograph
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
Oil on wood panel