Life in June + July || Adventures, fatigue and Turning twenty

by: Owen SmithPublished on: 30/07/2026

A small wrap-up of these past two months: I spent a day at Download Festival, went wild camping for the first time, and I have officially entered my twenties. Wow!

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Life in June + July || Adventures, fatigue and Turning twenty

Life In April || On happiness, opening commissions and social media

by: Owen SmithPublished on: 19/05/2026

A vastly different month to the last, in April I saw great improvement to my mental health, opened commissions, updated my shop, starting building a newsletter, and put together a new painting of my local area. Read all about it here.

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Life In April || On happiness, opening commissions and social media

The Importance of Unmasking in Autism || Benefits, Challenges and Internalised Ableism

by: Owen SmithPublished on: 06/05/2026

Some thoughts on the need to unmask in my own life after reading Dr Devon Price’s Unmasking Autism.

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The Importance of Unmasking in Autism || Benefits, Challenges and Internalised Ableism

Life in March || Creative pursuits and notes on wellbeing

by: Owen SmithPublished on: 20/04/2026

Where I’ve been and what I’ve been doing creatively over the past month.

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Life in March || Creative pursuits and notes on wellbeing