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Sophia Lu '19
Serenity from within results from letting go.
2014
Watercolor
By Sophia Lu '19
This is a “still life” of the fish market at my local Chinese grocery store. It is a wet, slimy, strange, intimidating, and magnificent place.
Link to Website
2023
Acrylic on Canvas
A mother lamb takes gentle care of her newborn.
2019
Oil Paint on Canvas
This painting speaks to how beauty lies in impermanence, contrasting eternal mountains and passing mist.
ink on rice paper; poetry
This piece started as a blank page and turned into a take on modern ignorance rendered in colored pencil and typewriter ink. Link to Artwork
2020
colored pencil, poetry
This painting is a depiction of my first month here at Stanford.
2022
Water Color on Paper
An abstract perspective of a cityscape.
2021
This is a painting of me as a child, my mom, and my grandma at the beach. It symbolizes the treasure that is family and togetherness.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
A gray tabby cat with timeless, marble-like eyes filled with stories to tell and lessons to share sits near a bush, encapsulating the spirit of Paris.
Colored Pencil
This piece tackles the topic of invisible disabilities and the stigma that many invisibly disabled people, myself included, face.
2018
Photograph on Canvas, Embroidery
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
This is a self portrait examining the complex nature of identity through both realistic forms and abstract shapes.
2016
Mimicking the beauty of bioluminescence.
Digital Photography
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
Graphite on Paper
An ongoing series attempting to create an emotive instant through color theory principles
2017
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
Digital Illustration
Kumari, the living Goddess of Nepal, is not allowed to speak to those who worship her, yet her glowing eyes depict that she has so much to tell us.
Graphite
I love the idea of a personal brand, especially in 2016.
Color Film
This piece depicts how TikTok primarily portrays a fetishized version of Asian women, leading to an uncertain digital future of complicated dynamics.
Linoleum Block Print on Paper
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