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Noah DeWald '20
Product Design 2020 @nwahd
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A Matter of Time
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard with numbers juxtaposing letters, emphasizing how some things are not meant to be rushed and will happen in time.
2019
Acrylic on Canvas
By Sarah Dong '26
Childhood Silence
This is a painting for children with scars of violence and broken families. The blue hands are suffocating the girl’s strength to speak up.
2016
acrylic on canvas
By Helena Zhang '22
Last Light over Coit Tower
The setting sun casts a firey light onto the skyline of San Francisco, with Coit Tower visible over the hills of the city.
2022
Oil paint on canvas
By Christina Kent '22
Self-Portrait
This painting was an exercise to try and use simple, yet bold brushstrokes to capture the essence of the moment.
2018
Oil paint on canvas
By Madeleine Yip '02
How Small Are We?
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
By Helena Zhang '22
Submersion
Submersion is a painting that experiments with figure in distortion, and blends the organic elements of nature with human form.
2015
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Meagan Wu '18
(un)grounded
Series highlighting experiences with environmental change, connection to place, and emotional displacement by collaging satellite maps with portraits.
2022
Photography/digital collage
By Vrinda Suresh '21
Clam Song, Biter
In Guam, an invasive species, the rhinoceros beetle, kills many of the island’s trees. I collage over images of trees to meditate on this loss.
2020
Digital inkjet print
By Harry Cole '20
Flavors of Friendship
An ode to a few of many meaningful moments shared with friends over a cafe drink – Coffee at Peet’s, Chai by Meyer Green, and Matcha over Zoom.
2024
Gouache on Paper
By Arethea Lim '24
Untitled
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
2017
Oil Paint on Canvas
By Meg McNulty '20
Moss Landing
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.
2017
Watercolor and Pencil
By Alberto Arvayo '18
Clyde
This piece is of my neighbor’s beagle, Clyde. She has two dogs, and the other is named Bonnie!
2016
Colored pencil
By Angela Liu '23
My Boy
How does the lover’s gaze interpret and transform the body? What does it mean to paint the beloved intimately yet leave them unidentifiable?
2022
Acrylic on canvas
By Victoria Hill '20
Yanofsky’s Legacy
Vials of yeast samples are the remaining evidence of Dr. Charles Yanofsky, a noted faculty and geneticist who passed away in 2018.
2018
Photograph
By Suzanne Ou '23
Portrait of a Glass, Empty (2020); Barriers (2021)
Two paintings exploring emptiness and isolation, and confronting feelings of lack of control during the early stages of the pandemic.
2021
Acrylic on canvas, some collage from a news story
By Vrinda Suresh '21
Post-Election Blues
Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
By Bryan Defjan '24