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Earth Systems 2025 @laiabent
I loved this photograph my mom took on our trip to Kenya, and I wanted to recreate the beautiful designs on the fabric here.
2016
Charcoal
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
2020
Digital Art
This piece explores repetition, but also sense of self (or selves). The title is a quote from Michael Pollan’s “Botany of Desire.”
Vector drawing and photography
I created a visual representation of the concept of ‘truth’ in a minimalistic style represented by the light and woman’s bare shoulders.
2018
Acrylic paint on canvas
Mimicking the beauty of bioluminescence.
Link to Website
2022
Digital Photography
Western media creates unrealistic expectations of perfection in avocados. In this painting, I seek to challenge and redefine avocado beauty standards.
Oil on canvas
A portrait of a good dog.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Open your eyes…this is the forest reverie, a queer healing space situated between mother nature and the digital world. Sleep tight.
Photography
The girl who depicts prosperity is looking beyond her world into one that’s suppressed by indigence, because to solve a problem you must face it.
2017
acrylic on canvas
This is a painting I did for the Congressional Art Competition. The painting is of my mother’s horse JR on my last ride on him before he died.
2014
Acrylic on canvas 24″x 24″
This drawing was an attempt to capture my feelings about Stanford: an intimidating fortress of possibilities.
Markers on paper
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These would represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
These pieces draw on the rich beauty of Italy to subvert ideas of what Italian art must be (i.e stuck in the Renaissance).
Pen and Marker
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
A ghostly woman draped in a silk shawl and pearls.
These are part of an ongoing series of portraits of people I met in passing. They can be displayed together or individually.
A contrast between the cold, grayish tones of the subject and the warmer ones of the koi fish as the two tones mesh following the flow of the fish.
2021
Oil Paint on Canvas
Silhouette of a black woman, breathing her way through.
Acrylic on Canvas
Commenting on our smallness in comparison to all we have to face – be it a pandemic, the vastness of the ocean, or history. Our smallness is humbling
acrylic on cardboard
This photo was taken in the McMurty Art Building. I used black paint in photoshop to highlight the lights and computer.
Digital Photograph