2023 Grad Show

Raya Atkins

AUArts Grad Show Halsey

VCD – Character Design & Illustration

"From the big, dizzy mountains that screen it To the deep, deathlike valleys below. Some say God was tired when He made it; Some say it’s a fine land to shun; Maybe; but there’s some as would trade it For no land on earth—and I’m one"
"I wanted the gold, and I got it—  Came out with a fortune last fall,— Yet somehow life’s not what I thought it, And somehow the gold isn’t all."
"There are lives that are erring and aimless, And deaths that just hang by a hair; There are hardships that nobody reckons; There are valleys unpeopled and still"
"It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder, It’s the forests where silence has lease; It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder, It’s the stillness that fills me with peace"

Spell of the Yukon Landscapes

A collection of landscape paintings based on the poem Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service

Spell of the Yukon Landscapes AUArts Grad Show practice
"From the big, dizzy mountains that screen it
To the deep, deathlike valleys below.
Some say God was tired when He made it;
Some say it’s a fine land to shun;
Maybe; but there’s some as would trade it
For no land on earth—and I’m one"
Spell of the Yukon Landscapes AUArts Grad Show final 2-min
"I wanted the gold, and I got it— 
Came out with a fortune last fall,—
Yet somehow life’s not what I thought it,
And somehow the gold isn’t all."
Spell of the Yukon Landscapes AUArts Grad Show final 4-min
"There are lives that are erring and aimless,
And deaths that just hang by a hair;
There are hardships that nobody reckons;
There are valleys unpeopled and still"
Spell of the Yukon Landscapes AUArts Grad Show final 3-min
"It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace"
My interpretation of the subtle and hard to recognize nature of living with chronic pain.

The Feeling of Chronic Pain

The Feeling of Chronic Pain AUArts Grad Show Final
My interpretation of the subtle and hard to recognize nature of living with chronic pain.
The Skeletal System An anterior and posterior view of the human skeleton.
The Muscular System A anterior and posterior view of the human muscular system.
The Heart An interior and exterior view of the human heart.
The Skull An anterior and lateral view of the human skull

Anatomy Studies

A series of anatomical drawings

Anatomy Studies AUArts Grad Show The Skeletal System
The Skeletal System An anterior and posterior view of the human skeleton.
Anatomy Studies AUArts Grad Show The Muscular System
The Muscular System A anterior and posterior view of the human muscular system.
Anatomy Studies AUArts Grad Show The Heart
The Heart An interior and exterior view of the human heart.
Anatomy Studies AUArts Grad Show The skull
The Skull An anterior and lateral view of the human skull
A dichromatic portrait of singer songwriter Halsey

Halsey Portrait

Halsey Portrait AUArts Grad Show Halsey
A dichromatic portrait of singer songwriter Halsey

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