Judy Zhu

Hello, I’m

Judy.

I grew up in Suzhou and now live in Boston, where I spend my days making software. Away from the screen, I’m usually painting in oil, baking something, reading, or making another coffee.

This is a small shelf for the things I keep coming back to.

Oil painting of red-roofed houses, flowers, and green islands beside blue water.
Garden by water

Notes from lately

Currently

Updated July 2026.

Reading

  1. The Emperor of Gladness Ocean Vuong
  2. Dreams C. G. Jung
  3. The Future Perfect Cay Kim

Making

I’ve been painting slowly in oil — gardens, water, flowers, and the occasional imagined sky.

From the easel

Oil paintings

Five paintings from the studio, in color and up close.

Oil painting of red-roofed houses, flowers, and green islands beside blue water.
Garden by water
Oil painting of a pale betta fish with flowing lavender, blue, and yellow fins on a dark canvas.
Betta fish
Oil painting from the bow of a boat facing palm trees reflected in still water at sunset.
Palm lagoon
Oil painting of a yellow sunflower against a bright blue background.
Sunflower on blue
Oil painting of colorful hot-air balloons and two balloon-headed figures beneath a pink sky.
Balloon sky