Sydney Smith

Atlanta, GA

As an Atlanta painter who incorporates film photography and printmaking into her practice, Sydney's work serves not only as a process of personal reflection, but as a means to facilitate connection with those who view it. Her current work often explores themes related to connection, community, nostalgia, and the practice of delighting in ordinary moments that could easily be overlooked. In a world that is obsessed with doing things as quickly as possible, Sydney's art-making methods serve as a way to exercise this: good things take time, and such things are rarely built spontaneously, but rather in quiet, mundane, ordinary moments. At times inspired by a good color palette and beauty for beauty's sake, and at other times inspired by deeply personal experience, Sydney's work aims to recognize the value of and embrace both