Avery Martin Smith uses painting and photography to visually convey what he cannot verbally communicate. His art is a patchwork of layered images, sampled patterns, colors, and language to make an image reminiscent of growing up in rural Indiana.
His work is a personal commentary on his thoughts, feelings, and memories of rural Indiana, discussing themes of money, racism, blue-collar work, addiction, and violence. He explores these themes through his influences in music, literature, fashion, and history, using them as elements in a visual language that accurately depicts how rural Indiana shaped him as a person and an artist.
