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Conceptually, I am interested in exploring and portraying mental health through my artistic practice. Employing the use of two-dimensional visual art, I present to the viewer ideas regarding depression, struggles with suicidal ideation, relational loneliness, and other common shared melancholic experiences. This is accomplished mostly through still life and portraiture in a variety of mediums ranging from all printmaking methods, drawing, painting, and other forms of mark-making. The goal of each piece is either to create a composition that conveys a feeling for the viewer to sympathize with to gain a better understanding of another human experience, or to educate a viewer on tools they can adopt to help with these shared struggles. While there is certainly a space for joyful artwork, I think it is essential to portray other emotions of the human condition in order to assist each other in coping with this thing called life. – Brady Smith