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Bioengineering 2023 @smiti.mittal
I took this photo at the Palo Alto Caltrain station in the fall. I used black ink and a black and white filter to provide an “outside of time” look.
2016
Digital Photograph
These are part of an ongoing series of portraits of people I met in passing. They can be displayed together or individually.
2018
Oil 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
This drawing is a representation of a fractal called a Julia set, which has been rendered out of plants and other organic elements.
Markers on paper
Based on the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, this piece was intended to examine the environmental and cultural cost of the fashion industry.
2015
Mixed Media
Photojournalistic exploration of the human impact of rhino poaching in South Africa – done in Prof Sue McConnell’s overseas seminar in Summer 2016.
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Photographs
Inspired by a trip to explore the nature preserves in Mass Landing, CA, this art showcases two curlew birds looking for food in the shallow waters.
2017
Watercolor and Pencil
A study on ephemeral hands, and an attempt to capture desperate grasping.
2014
Gesso on card.
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
The feet of my former roommate are greeted by the warm light that streams in through the blinds.
2022
This painting is an interpretation of Magritte’s surrealist painting “The Mysteries of the Horizon,” replacing the men with an aging ballerina.
Acrylic paint on canvas
My family, despite being cramped in a bungalow room that was our home, share warmth and happiness beyond understanding.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
(Work in progress) Monstera in grayscale w/ orchre yellow stems
2024
Oil on Canvas
A self portrait done in the style of the Old Masters.
Oil Paint on Canvas
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
Pair of multimaterial CNC dragonflies (brass, copper, aluminum, steel). The dragonflies explore age and rebirth through corrosion.
Sculpture
Lush layers of volanoes, forest fires, tsunamis are interwoven with snarling dogs, invoking chaotic and powerful forces of nature. 30″ x 40″.
Oil paint and thread on canvas
Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.
Acrylic on Canvas
This piece looks into the intersection of queerness and religion in the age of the internet and digital upbringing.
Interactive Digital Work
A fantastical city illustrating a water-based transportation system.
Digital painting