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Earth Systems 2025 @sophia.siegel
A piece set on a quiet, sunny afternoon in Northeast Italy. Used a reference.
2018
Colored Pencil on Paper
This piece is of my neighbor’s beagle, Clyde. She has two dogs, and the other is named Bonnie!
2016
Colored pencil
This self portrait depicts the artist in self reflection. The couple gazes forward, as hidden collaged images loom behind, reminding them of the past.
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas 30 x 40 in
I painted this painting following the death of my dog. Sourcing imagery from cheap print and Southern nostalgia, Lassie paints a scene of rebirth.
2019
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
These two paintings were inspired by the feelings of quarantine—isolation, restlessness, and nostalgia.
2020
gouache (two images combined digitally)
This photo was taken in the McMurty Art Building. I used black paint in photoshop to highlight the lights and computer.
Digital Photograph
An abstract perspective of a cityscape.
2021
Water Color on Paper
A series of poems written exclusively with programming keywords. An investigation on language, audience, and dangerous English-centric thinking.
Link to Website
2017
code poems
Western media creates unrealistic expectations of perfection in avocados. In this painting, I seek to challenge and redefine avocado beauty standards.
Oil on canvas
These photos will never be published in a journalistic publication – familiar scenes on campus but different, the other side of palm tree paradise?
Photograph of campus scenes
A coloring pages for people to color and de-stress:) These pages are part of my project Coloring to Cope for the COVID-19 art grant.
2022
Digital
A study on ephemeral hands, and an attempt to capture desperate grasping.
2014
Gesso on card.
Whales and dolphins were my favorite animals when I was younger. In this piece, dark shadows contrasted by blue hues highlight that childhood bond.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
This series utilizes seemingly arbitrary visual imagery overlaid onto written stream of consciousness to evoke imaginations of trauma and healing.
Charcoal and Ink on Toned Paper
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Machines roar and metal parts clang away in the background in this artwork as an enormous robot is constructed before the eyes of a young spectator.
This piece explores duality in behavior: relaxing the tongue can provide a positive experience during kissing, but can prove deadly with sleep apnea. Link to Artwork
Writing
Shriram California photos
Digital photographs
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