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Bioengineering PhD 2021 @melissaboswell_
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
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
An abstract perspective of a cityscape.
2021
Water Color on Paper
Forms of intimacy—emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual—overlap in these abstract shapes. Intimacy is fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
2022
Wood Sculpture
Location: East Asia Library
Digital Illustration
The security blanket is a metaphor for something we cling to when we are afraid and how it is something we must learn to let it go.
Link to Website
2019
Photography
This work centers on the relationship between the human and the artificial, inspired when I photographed my cousin with a stark, artificial flash.
2023
Oil and Acrylic Paint on Canvas
It’s a shame if you did not get around time to see Hoover Tower in different lights.
2018
Photo
Stillness, the relationship between Venice’s constant landscape and its moving parts, environments of order that have witnessed extravagant change
acrylic on canvas
A sculpture paying homage to the queer community and culture. Delicate like a flower, yet distinct like an explosion. Trans bodies at the center.
This short film was submitted as part of my arts portfolio for my Stanford application
Short Film
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
2017
Oil Paint on Canvas
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
I loved this photograph my mom took on our trip to Kenya, and I wanted to recreate the beautiful designs on the fabric here.
2016
Charcoal
Man passing through a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in Paris. The text reads “it is dark (or literally, black) in the country of lights.”
Photograph of Man in Paris
How does the lover’s gaze interpret and transform the body? What does it mean to paint the beloved intimately yet leave them unidentifiable?
Acrylic on canvas
Metamorphosis explores queerness as a transformation, as more than just a sexual identity. See http://stanfordmint.com/metamorphosis/ for full article
Studio photography
At Bay is a student-created web series about the launch of a Stanford startup that goes horribly, horribly wrong.
Still from a web series
This artwork examines the place of genetically modified organisms in modern society and how we view them, blurring the line between item and organism.
2014
fine-tip pen and watercolor on paper
Inspired by a trip to explore the nature preserves in Mass Landing, CA, this art showcases two curlew birds looking for food in the shallow waters.
Watercolor and Pencil
A three panel survey of a new environment.
Acrylic on Canvas (Three 5ft x 4ft panels) 60 x 144 in