Drift and Divide
Acrylic, plaster, EPS board
24"H X X 24"W X 1.5"D
Drift and Divide came about from my thoughts about harmony interrupted. The piece began as a smooth, plaster surface to symbolize permanence. Then it is deliberately fractured.
The imagery of two stylized fish once swam together in effortless rhythm, their forms balanced within a current of blue and orange, motion and stillness. But the sturdy plaster wall, like memory, could not hold intact. Cracks formed, edges lifted, and what remained were fragments of a once-whole vision.
The division became part of the language: what was once fluid now feels suspended mid-motion, as if time itself had paused between inhale and exhale. The breaking of the plaster mimics the quiet violence of change and how beauty endures even when structures fall apart. Beneath the clean lines and complementary colors are faint symbols, reminders of meaning just out of reach, echoing across the surface like whispers from something ancient yet familiar.
The work suggests that unity is not the absence of fracture, but the grace that remains when we choose to move within it.
