A dynamic and visceral work, *Smiling Bacchante #2* sees Eddie Peake deploy spray paint with both urgency and precision, conjuring a figure that evokes the wild, ecstatic spirit of the Bacchante through gestural bursts of color and form. The aerosol medium lends the composition a raw, street-inflected energy that pulses against the canvas, blurring the boundary between ancient mythology and contemporary visual culture. Peake's characteristic engagement with the body, desire, and performance is felt throughout, the smiling figure radiating a charged, almost unsettling vitality.