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Anna Lai '19
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
2016
Watercolor
By Anna Lai '19
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light.
Photo with artistic editing
A self-portrait composed of identity objects: rings from my mother, the teapot on my coffee table, the graphic on my favorite t-shirt, etc.
2020
Digital Collage
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
Digital Art
An observational abstract of seaweed washing onto a beach, brought in by the tide. 24″ x 30″.
2018
Oil paint on canvas
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. Here I try to create a sense of foreboding and discomfort.
Digital Visual Art
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
2022
Oil paint on panel
The security blanket is a metaphor for something we cling to when we are afraid and how it is something we must learn to let it go.
Link to Website
2019
Photography
Koreanthian is based on merging different architectural styles that transcends geographical, cultural, and historical differences.
2024
Pen & Ink Drawing on Bristol Paper
This work is made with acrylic on campus in addition to found paper items, medical textbooks, and other materials.
Acrylic paint and multimedia on canvas
This drawing was an attempt to capture my feelings about Stanford: an intimidating fortress of possibilities.
Markers on paper
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
A mixed-media interactive piece installed at Stanford’s annual “Frost Festival”. The piece embodies Stanford’s goals of inclusion and diversity.
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Vinyl, Sticker on Canvas
This is the moment when the smallest to the biggest invisibilities came to life, and unity in faith and science was apparent.
Wax Pastel on Wood
The tradition of monuments uplifts cishet white men through idealized, bodily depictions of men, but queerness transcends the restrictions of the body
Acrylic paint on canvas
Original cover art for the Stanford Daily’s Vol. 257 autumn quarter issue.
Digital Illustration
This interactive poem takes the shape of a kimchi jar and symbolizes my separation and recent reunion and celebration of my Korean identity.
3D Arduino installation, interactive poetry
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 portrait of a cat whom I love and cherish.
Oil on canvas
Inspired by the strange reflection of an empty glass sitting on a table, this is a piece is about power and powerlessness—control and lack of it.
Acrylic on canvas
This photo was taken in the McMurty Art Building. I used black paint in photoshop to highlight the lights and computer.
Digital Photograph