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Creative Open Access August 02, 2025

Portraying the Familiar: An Artistic Inquiry into the Dynamics of Enduring Friendship

Emmanuel Antwi 1,*
1
Department of Painting & Sculpture, Faculty of Art, College of Art & Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 5, Issue 1, 2025)
Page(s): 1-12
DOI: 10.31586/jad.2025.6157
Received
June 10, 2025
Revised
July 16, 2025
Accepted
July 31, 2025
Published
August 02, 2025
Keywords
Artistic Expression; Friendship; Narrative Identity; Personal Reflection; Portraiture
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Antwi, E. (2025). Portraying the Familiar: An Artistic Inquiry into the Dynamics of Enduring Friendship. Current Research in Public Health, 5(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.31586/jad.2025.6157
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Antwi, E. Portraying the Familiar: An Artistic Inquiry into the Dynamics of Enduring Friendship. Current Research in Public Health 2025 5(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.31586/jad.2025.6157
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Antwi, Emmanuel. 2025. "Portraying the Familiar: An Artistic Inquiry into the Dynamics of Enduring Friendship". Current Research in Public Health 5, no. 1: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.31586/jad.2025.6157
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Antwi E. Portraying the Familiar: An Artistic Inquiry into the Dynamics of Enduring Friendship. Current Research in Public Health. 2025; 5(1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.31586/jad.2025.6157 
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