Abstract
The purpose of the creation of this work is to present a painting by
visualizing a smile in the expression of painting with the expressionist
style. For the method of creation, the author uses five stages of preparation,
elaboration, synthesis, concept realization and completion stage. In the
creation of the work, the author uses acrylic paint on canvas with a pallet
sweep technique. The style used is the expressionist style that tends to use
striking colors and shapes that begin to distort. Ten works that the authors
present represent the theme that the author lift, contains problems related
to the smile, contains about the phenomenon that occurs around the life of
writers from the lower class to the government bureaucracy which will
affect the self and the general public. The 10 works are: 1) Tense, 2) Smile
Off, 3) Ministry, 4) Temptation, 5) Smile in Canda, 6) Smile, 7) Brother
Smile, 8) Selfi, 9) Capture Moment, and 10) The Power Of Smile.
Kata Kunci: Senyum, Seni Lukis, Ekspresionis.