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Lily Thai '27
Pinned parts of a traditional Vietnamese dress cut to my measurements. Through deconstruction, functionality and familiarity are lost.
2023
Charcoal and Mixed Media on Salvaged Cotton and Organza
By Lily Thai '27
My artwork is a sonnet in which two stars reminisce about Earth. Link to Artwork
Poem
A realistic painting of a dog mouth, rendered uncomfortably close to the viewer. 8″ x 10″.
2018
Oil paint on canvas
Location: East Asia Library
2021
Digital Illustration
This piece looks into the intersection of queerness and religion in the age of the internet and digital upbringing.
Link to Website
2022
Interactive Digital Work
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
The Andromeda constellation re-imagined, through drawing, through burning holes in paper; how do we impose humanity upon the stars?
2016
Charcoal on paper; flame on tracing paper
These metallic flowers portray our future if we continue to condone industrial heavy metal pollution. Each flower is one of my original designs.
2024
Original origami flowers on red and silver foil paper; Arranged with silk leaves
A digital re-imagining of my piece about humanity’s changing relationship with the natural world.
2015
Mixed Media
Colorful shapes of San Francisco buildings are highlighted by a bright sunny day.
This print came from a colored pencil drawing I made for a friend. I thought it’d be sweet to make a sort of postcard from it.
Four color Riso print
My mother in her monthly kimchi-making ritual, a food that I learned to take pride in despite being initially ashamed of it.
2020
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
2017
Photo
This is a surreal meditation on nature’s comforting power as a sanctuary for people in need of healing.
Pencil on paper
Inspired by individuality and body empowerment. Work focuses on abstraction of human form and color.
Acrylic on canvas
These small paintings were quick, gestural sketches that explore the beauty of the feminine form.
Oil on canvas
This piece emerged from a desire to merge figurative and abstract forms. (there are some flaws in the .jpg, if needed I can retake pictures)
These pictures were taken during a neurosurgery at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children hospital.
Digital photography
This is the first of an ongoing watercolor series completed under shelter-in-place, based on photos that friends have sent of their favorite views.
Watercolor
I made this piece as an exploration of how cows are perceived in different cultures, and society’s relationship to animals as a whole.
A love letter to passionate yet high-strung and jaded Generation Z, this series focuses on youth’s struggles to find meaning in today’s online world.
Photography