MATH 1120 Student Art Showcase | Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Making Art With Math

Students in MATH 1120 Mathematical and Computational Thinking create works of art using mathematics and coding. This gives students an opportunity to express themselves, and demonstrates that math can be a creative activity! See below for galleries of student work over the past year:

Best of All Time

A mosaic-style image of an antlered deer made of rainbow triangles.

A mosaic design of Jack Skellington from A Nightmare Before Christmas.

Jason Voorhees in his mask holding a machete in the woods, with his reflection showing in a pond.

A picture of a mountain with the sun and trees. The illmuniated sides of the mountains and trees are rainbow-colored.

Butterflies striped with may shades of the same color, but each butterfly is a different size and color from the next.

Professor Depue's Spring 2022 Showcase

A train passing in front of grey mountains and behind purple trees. The sun sets, moon rises, and a shooting star passes in a purple sky.

A boy holding his dog, rendered in blue, face away from us and into the sun as light washes over them. They are framed by blue, yellow, and orange geometric shapes. — Benjamin Nollette | Alliance, Ne

A 3D skull sits in 2D grass and flowers. The sun casts a shadow on its left half, and the left eye socket is full of stars. — Benjamin Nollette | Alliance, Ne

Three foxes sit on a blue bed. Above it are 3 identical windows or landscape pictures of a blue sky and green grass. — Ben Ray | Omaha, NE

Multicolored stegosauruses and brachiosauruses stand next to a mountain and watch small meteorites rain down. — Emilia Velez

A picnic basket holding bread and apples sits in on a blue-and-white checkered picnic blanket under a cloudy sky. Several ants march towards the basket. — Jeffrey Preston | Papillion, NE

White stars against a deep blue-black sky, with a single meteor passing through. Below, rows of gray mountains are illuminated on one side by a crescent moon. — Jeffrey Preston | Papillion, NE

Tesselated images of four-petalled flowers in many colors, each inside its own white hexagon on a blue background. — Kenna Candle

$A train passing in front of grey mountains and behind purple trees. The sun sets, moon rises, and a shooting star passes in a purple sky.$

$A boy holding his dog, rendered in blue, face away from us and into the sun as light washes over them. They are framed by blue, yellow, and orange geometric shapes.$

Benjamin Nollette | Alliance, Ne

$A 3D skull sits in 2D grass and flowers. The sun casts a shadow on its left half, and the left eye socket is full of stars.$

Benjamin Nollette | Alliance, Ne

$Three foxes sit on a blue bed. Above it are 3 identical windows or landscape pictures of a blue sky and green grass.$

Ben Ray | Omaha, NE

$Multicolored stegosauruses and brachiosauruses stand next to a mountain and watch small meteorites rain down.$

Emilia Velez

$A picnic basket holding bread and apples sits in on a blue-and-white checkered picnic blanket under a cloudy sky. Several ants march towards the basket.$

Jeffrey Preston | Papillion, NE

$White stars against a deep blue-black sky, with a single meteor passing through. Below, rows of gray mountains are illuminated on one side by a crescent moon.$

Jeffrey Preston | Papillion, NE

$Tesselated images of four-petalled flowers in many colors, each inside its own white hexagon on a blue background.$

Kenna Candle

Professor Medeiros's Spring 2022 Showcase

An abstract image of large diamonds made of four smaller diamonds, with black lines running from the center of the large diamond to the edge. Each group is a different pastel color. — Natalie Martin

Pink peeps bunnies in a yellow box on a pink background. — Natalie Martin

An orange tent staked among red and green conifers, with mounts, stars, and a large rising moon in the background. — Natalie Martin

The sun and clouds over a field of multicolored flowers. In front of the flowers is a red-and-white picnic blanket set with plates and a box. A row of ants march towards the box. — Natalie Martin

Many-colored stars, flowers, and geometric shapes in the style of a native american blanket.

The sun sets behind a green hill, casting shadows onto a pink and orange field.

A white circle sitting on blue and white stripes dreams of a cornocopia of pumpkins, pears, and apples.

A large blue bird chases three small orange birds over a river lined with trees.

Four blocky swirls over a yellow background. Each swirl is a different color: pink, blue, green, and orange. — Joanna Rodriguez | Wood River, NE

Soot sprites from "Spirited Away" eating their multicolored stars, on a background of a blue field with pink and purple circles. — Joanna Rodriguez | Wood River, NE

Several images of Kirby, dressed as a bee, dancing and flying on a background of honeycomb and flowers. — Joanna Rodriguez | Wood River, NE

Dr. Love's Fall 2021 Showcase 1

A pattern with lots of triangles of different colors forming stripes on a black background.

geometric shapes and lines forming an image reminiscent of a dreamcatcher.

Quilt-like pattern where each square is a different design such as circles and squares.

Four pictures consisting of different shapes with different colors such as blue, green, pink, and purple. — Sara Fay | Bennington, NE

Four squares where each square has a different pattern. One is made of triangles, one of squares, one of triangles and hexagons, and one is a picture of a fox.

Quilt pattern with various triangles in red. — Reagan Ptacek | Waterloo, NE

A picture that looks like two yellow birds reflected from top to bottom on a red background.

A jack-o-lantern on a green and purple background.

neon geometric shapes on a black background forming a pattern that is reminiscent of retro games.

Pattern with triangles coming from a single point in various colors. — Wren Beyer | New Orleans, LA

Four different pictures where each picture is a combination of triangles, squares, and diamonds.

Various shades of pink triangles that create squares surrounding a white heart.

Pattern made of triangles, squares, and diamonds that is symmetric from left to right and top to bottom.

A pattern that looks three dimensional with different levels of pink, red, and blue shapes.

A picture of different pink, black, and gray triangles and gold lines. — Charlotte Carroll | Omaha, NE

Quilt-like pattern with triangles, squares, and diamonds. — Dylan Clute | Omaha, NE

Picture of an elephant made of geometric shapes and surrounded by pastel shapes.

Three cacti made of geometric shapes with different colored backgrounds.

Picture of a polar bear made of geometric shapes.

Picture of a rainbow fish made of geometric shapes surrounded by smaller fish.

Four butterflies where two are orange and two are blue.

Dr. Love's Fall 2021 Showcase 2

A quilt-like pattern where each square is a different design with triangles, squares, and lines.

A picture of a person's legs with roller skates and flowers in the background.

A picture of two trees with different-sized jack-o-lanterns below and the moon above. — Reagan Ptacek | Waterloo, NE

A tent in the mountains, surrounded by trees, and the moon with stars above.

Mountains in the background with a river in front and trees on the other side of the river.

A pattern of hearts with squares, triangles, and circles.

A scene of an amusement partk with attractions made up of pink, purple, and blue geometric shapes.

Whales and fish made of various geometric shapes.

The moon with tree branches over it and pink flowers blooming from the branches.

Three flamingos of different sizes that are made of triangles.

Various unicorn heads and stars made up of rainbow geometric shapes.

A quilt-like pattern with various designs using triangles, circles, and squares.

A house surrounded by trees with mountains in the background and the moon and stars above. — Sara Fay | Bennington, NE

Dr. Uhing's Spring 2021 Showcase

A mosaic of pink squares and blue circles set on a tan background, interspersed with patterns of lines and dots.

A mosaic-style image on a yellow background. Two blue-and-yellow wavy lines seperate for blue flowers from two rows of three cacti.

A mosaic-style image on a mint green background of two rows of four rainbow butterflys alternative with two rows of four red birds.

A moasic-style image in pastels of white rabbits and multicolored flowers and easter eggs sitting on a hill. Overhead are two pink mountains, a rainbow, the sun, and three birds flying among clouds.

Large multicolored letters spelling "SPRING" float in the sky between a rainbow, the sun, and kites. A birdhouse, birds, flowers, a bucket, and a hose sit on top of or hang from the letters.

A purple octopus rises out of the sea and waprs its tentacles around a wooden ship. Pelicans fly by overhead.

A pastel image of a pink panda floating in a yellow ring on a pond, surrounded by koi and lily pads.

A mosaic-style image of many colored parrots in trees, and many colored hedgehogs on a path below.

$A mosaic of pink squares and blue circles set on a tan background, interspersed with patterns of lines and dots.$

$A mosaic-style image on a yellow background. Two blue-and-yellow wavy lines seperate for blue flowers from two rows of three cacti.$

$A mosaic-style image on a mint green background of two rows of four rainbow butterflys alternative with two rows of four red birds.$

$A moasic-style image in pastels of white rabbits and multicolored flowers and easter eggs sitting on a hill. Overhead are two pink mountains, a rainbow, the sun, and three birds flying among clouds.$

$Large multicolored letters spelling "SPRING" float in the sky between a rainbow, the sun, and kites. A birdhouse, birds, flowers, a bucket, and a hose sit on top of or hang from the letters.$

$A purple octopus rises out of the sea and waprs its tentacles around a wooden ship. Pelicans fly by overhead.$

$A pastel image of a pink panda floating in a yellow ring on a pond, surrounded by koi and lily pads.$

$A mosaic-style image of many colored parrots in trees, and many colored hedgehogs on a path below.$