What Is Behind A Smile? Ghislaine Maxwell and I, (2024) silkscreen on canvas 36”x48” is a psychoanalysis of a common expression and a deeper probe into the pathology of the person behind it. A smile – universal yet personal – can be expressed to intentionally manipulate for nefarious gain or conversely, be a genuine articulation of kindness and joy. The pairing of myself with such figures represents the duality of light and dark and further deepens the all-too-relevant question of who is good and who is evil. I still hide and abstract most of the face, allowing the viewer to be drawn into the smiles' aesthetic appeal, and familiarity mimicking a methodology of a predator. It's also an acknowledgement of the predator within each of us, and that everyone has the potential to be a part of an evil machine, knowingly or not.