The Art of Vanity
Smile, You're Alive
Cardboard
Smile, You're Alive
2025
12"x12"
Graphite on Cardboard
1-of-1 Original Work
Comes Custom Framed
Customer Responsible for Shipping
$650.00
Listen to my reflection on this work
This portrait was the first piece I drew in 2025. It was around the time I could feel myself starting to embrace more authentic joy in my life. All the internal work I'd done up to that point was really starting to bear fruit, and I could finally sit with being happy in a way I never could before. Over the year before, the fog of grief had started to fade.
Historically, anytime I started to feel too good, it scared me. I immediately expected something bad to happen to balance it out. This piece represents a shift in my life. For the first time, I wasn't waiting for the other shoe to drop.