CELESTE BYERS

Painting of my younger brother, Nolan, as the Chinese Fertility Buddha for my 'Chinese American Dream' series. He's the first of my generation of siblings and cousins to have a child. He's cover...

https://celestebyers.com/Fertility-Buddha

Portrait of my Paw Paw 奶奶 who turned 100 years old this year. In the portrait, she sits in her living room in Berkeley, California, where I have spent a lot of time. She is sitting upon a st...

https://celestebyers.com/Paw-Paw-1

Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk riding a Cybertruck jetski. Pencil on paper. 18” x 24”

https://celestebyers.com/Kim-and-Elon

Mural for the roofdeck of Ardence & Bloom apartment building in Los Angeles, California. Inspired by native birds of the region.

https://celestebyers.com/Avian

Pencil on paper. 8.25” x 11.75”. 2023

https://celestebyers.com/Paw-Paw

I got my nails done the other day and started wondering why most nail techs are Vietnamese. It turns out that after the Vietnam War, over a million Vietnamese refugees came to the United States. ...

https://celestebyers.com/Tippi-Hedren

Gouache on paper. 18” x 24”

https://celestebyers.com/Planetary-Conjunction-Jupiter-Venus

Graphite on watercolor paper. 9” x 12” 2023

https://celestebyers.com/Big-Sister-Little-Brother

Painting of my niece, Avery, the first child in the Chinese side of my family’s 4th American generation. This is the 4th painting in the new painting series of my family I’m working on calle...

https://celestebyers.com/4th-Generation

Mural for IQHQ’s RaDD (Research and Development District) project in the Marina district of Downtown San Diego, California. The development is the largest urban commercial waterfront site alon...

https://celestebyers.com/Protea