For this piece, I was inspired by the sunsets I see every week in my backyard. From there, I thought about the duality of dusk to dawn, and how it’s…
Author: Gracie Wong
The Rose Lens
When I first read this theme, I immediately thought of how I see myself compared to loved ones. I also wanted to challenge myself by using a different medium, so…
A New Start
Recently, I moved from San Francisco to the Pacific Northwest. This change is something I never expected to do. However, it may have also been one of the greatest decisions…
Hate is a Virus
I started this piece as an acrylic painting around the time when Asian hate crimes started to rise, especially in the Bay Area. I didn’t get around to finishing it,…
A Walk in Tahoe
This is a piece based off a picture I took on a trip to Tahoe with my family. We went to the docks one day to watch the sunset. It…
Storge
I decided to focus on Storge, or familial love. When the pandemic wasn’t a thing, my cousins would come into San Francisco every holiday, whether it was someone’s birthday or…
Tradition
Usually, my mom’s family has a gathering at one of our houses. She has thirteen cousins, which means I have a lot of cousins. I decided to draw all of…
Hi Friends!
Since this piece was in the theme, “Support Through the Screen”, I wanted the piece to be lighter and more colorful than some of my pieces. For the background, I…
Escape to the Lake.
This summer, I got to go to Lake Tahoe with my mom and some of our relatives. To me, this was the perfect place to escape, even if things weren’t…
No New Normal
There is so much happening in the world right now, and it is hard to capture it all. I tried to make a piece that is simple, bold, and captures…