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Parik Chalise My first ever hard-edge painting on canvas! For all the brave lions at Soka |
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Akemi Akaiwa |
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Parik Chalise For the place, where kindness and compassion exceed the height of the Everest. For my country, where I am immensely glad to have been born. |
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Abigail Meyer This piece was my first time trying an impressionist-influenced style. I hoped to convey a message of femininity and to also fade in and out of detail based on the depth of the flowers within the painting. (Returned to the artist) |
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DJ A portion of the river from the perspective of the Montezuma Hot Springs during winter. |
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Kylee Kemlage |
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Shrihari Saravanan The painting depicts the breathtaking cathedral rocks at Yosemite Valley inspired by Albert Bierstadt's painting. |
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Mariella Garcia This painting is an homage to my home, full of plants, life, and color. |
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Dayoon Kim This piece is a painting based on a photograph taken from National Geographic Magazine. It was one of the projects that we did in Creative Painting class taught by Professor Arie Galles. |
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Mana Yamagiwa Class of 2017 Untitled, 2017 30 x 24 inches |
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Emma Grant-Dreher A study on contrasting shapes and colors that would look uncomfortable or unconventional next to each other. |
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Emma Grant-Dreher A painting of two women made to look like reflections of each other. |
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Bhamini Jain This painting was created as a birthday gift to the artist's sister Vansha. The painting has an abstract view of Vansha's face with an abstract range of colors. It signifies her colorful and quirky nature—both how the artist perceives it and how the individual is. We are all quirky and colorful in our own individual ways and that furthermore reflects our perspectives. The thing is to recognize the colors and the vibrance and embrace them. |
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Taylor Karnilaw All throughout my life I have lived with a menagerie of animals, which I really love. This piece is my expression of the bright, playful dispositions of puppies with color. (Returned to the artist) |
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Natsuko Umezaki Sakura (cherry blossoms) are one of my favorite flowers because the light pink/white petals that only bloom a few weeks a year are so beautiful. Happiness wells up in my heart just seeing pictures of them. I hope people who view this painting will feel the same way. |
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Natsuko Umezaki I would love to present this artwork to my mother who, to me, is like a sunflower in my life. She is always bright and encouraging, so in return I want to be like a sunflower for my mother. |
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Hiroko Miyama Class of 2014 Memories, May 2014 24 x 30 inches |
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Hiroko Miyama Class of 2014 Untitled, April 2014 30 x 24 inches |
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Kiyoko Nakano Originally a photograph by one of my favorite photographers, Clark Little. He is known for his photographs of shore break waves shot from the inside, looking out into the horizon. I chose this specific photograph of his because I truly loved the colors of the sky being reflected into the waves and creating the rainbow water. |
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Kiyoko Nakano As an ocean lover, I have adopted scuba diving as one of my favorite sports and learning opportunities. I have great passion for marine conservation as well as marine animals and especially enjoy swimming with sharks and manta rays. Whale sharks are my dream sharks to swim with, for their beauty and tranquility. I have yet to experience swimming with these sharks so I decided to paint the silhouette rather than the spots and stripes, which I would like to first observe with my own eyes. |
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Melodie Koike Based on the tampopo (dandelion) photo found on: http://detrobles.tumblr.com/#me (Returned to the artist) |
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Lirica Nishimoto (Returned to the artist) |
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