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Syd Westley '21
English/CSRE 2021 @sudswestley
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Joshua Tree
A Joshua Tree, with its grotesque appearance, instantly demands attention.
2018
Photograph of Landscape
By Brian Nguyen '21
Mujer
My piece comments on the movement of youth in Mexico towards narco culture and the dire implications it has for more traditional aspects the culture.
2018
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Lorena Diosdado '21
Queer Intimacy
Forms of intimacy—emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual—overlap in these abstract shapes. Intimacy is fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
2022
Wood Sculpture
By Bryan Defjan '24
Good Morning
The feet of my former roommate are greeted by the warm light that streams in through the blinds.
2022
Oil on canvas
By Jackie Liu '25
Two Boys Dancing
Past lovers who couldn’t be together grieve over “what was” and “what could have been”, learning each other’s rhythms tenderly for the first time.
2024
Oil on Canvas
By Bryan Defjan '24
Princess Going Digital
Princess Going Digital considers queer girlhood on the playground of the laptop screen, a site for unapologetic self-documentation and portraiture.
2023
Gouache on Paper
By Malavika Kannan '24
Wilting tree
I wanted to render a tree during a vibrant morning on The Farm from a design perspective.
2016
Ink Resist
By Brooke Ferber '20
bubbleUp
The central focus of these prints is the vibrant potato starch granule depicted under polarized light and how its shape and colors are manipulated.
2023
Algorithmic Art made with Processing
By Krystal Li '26
Bruises
Western media creates unrealistic expectations of perfection in avocados. In this painting, I seek to challenge and redefine avocado beauty standards.
2016
Oil on canvas
By Nan Munger '20
Main Quad Blues
Original cover art for the Stanford Daily’s Vol. 257 autumn quarter issue.
2019
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Creative limitation
Growing up in Iran taught me that limitation breed creativity. I tried to embody the same lesson by using alternative printing methods in the darkroom
2016
Black & white photography
By Soraya Fereydooni '20
Moonrise
This painting is an interpretation of Magritte’s surrealist painting “The Mysteries of the Horizon,” replacing the men with an aging ballerina.
2018
Acrylic paint on canvas
By Nicola Buskirk '22
Which passes through; Life like weeds, no. 3; Standing nude; Up, Simba; Violet light and a hum, no. 2
These collages were created from material gathered from a variety of found sources—primarily Life, National Geographic, and Time magazines.
2020
Collage & ink pen
By Kyle Cromer '20