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Fractured reflects the emotional journey from despair to self-awareness. The piece captures the experience of feeling broken when life becomes overwhelming, but also the understanding that even in moments of fracture, there is space for growth and healing. It symbolizes how life's challenges can shatter us, but through those cracks, we begin to rebuild, finding resilience in vulnerability.
Fractured is a reflection of the beauty and complexity of brokenness - how cracks, rather than being flaws, can become pathways to something deeper, more raw, and more real. It speaks to the moments when we feel shattered, yet still hold onto the light that remains beneath the surface. The neon green fractures, exposed through deliberate breakage, symbolize the life, energy, and resilience that persist despite hardship. The textured, fragmented surface captures the weight of emotional and personal fractures - the parts of ourselves that have been strained, tested, or torn apart. To create Fractured, I began by painting the canvas in a vibrant neon green, establishing a striking base layer. Next, I applied a thin mixture of modeling paste and wall plaster, forming a hardened surface over the neon background.
Once the layer set, I intentionally cracked it, allowing intricate fractures to emerge, revealing glimpses of the neon green beneath. To deepen the texture and enhance the feeling of raw fragmentation, I carefully attached broken, fragmented pieces, constructing a rough, uneven landscape. This layering effect intensified the visual and tactile contrast, mirroring the emotion of brokenness and resilience that inspired the piece. Yet, within this brokenness, Fractured reveals a quiet strength. The cracks expose not emptiness, but vibrancy, as if to say that even in destruction, there is renewal. The tension between the structured, textured surface and the chaotic, glowing energy beneath mirrors the duality of vulnerability and resilience - reminding us that what is broken is not necessarily lost, but transformed.
Artist: Natalie Bell
Dimensions: 40cm x 50cm
Year: 2025
Frame: Without frame
Technique: Acrylics, Modelling Paste, Wall Plaster
Fractured reflects the emotional journey from despair to self-awareness. The piece captures the experience of feeling broken when life becomes overwhelming, but also the understanding that even in moments of fracture, there is space for growth and healing. It symbolizes how life's challenges can shatter us, but through those cracks, we begin to rebuild, finding resilience in vulnerability.
Fractured is a reflection of the beauty and complexity of brokenness - how cracks, rather than being flaws, can become pathways to something deeper, more raw, and more real. It speaks to the moments when we feel shattered, yet still hold onto the light that remains beneath the surface. The neon green fractures, exposed through deliberate breakage, symbolize the life, energy, and resilience that persist despite hardship. The textured, fragmented surface captures the weight of emotional and personal fractures - the parts of ourselves that have been strained, tested, or torn apart. To create Fractured, I began by painting the canvas in a vibrant neon green, establishing a striking base layer. Next, I applied a thin mixture of modeling paste and wall plaster, forming a hardened surface over the neon background.
Once the layer set, I intentionally cracked it, allowing intricate fractures to emerge, revealing glimpses of the neon green beneath. To deepen the texture and enhance the feeling of raw fragmentation, I carefully attached broken, fragmented pieces, constructing a rough, uneven landscape. This layering effect intensified the visual and tactile contrast, mirroring the emotion of brokenness and resilience that inspired the piece. Yet, within this brokenness, Fractured reveals a quiet strength. The cracks expose not emptiness, but vibrancy, as if to say that even in destruction, there is renewal. The tension between the structured, textured surface and the chaotic, glowing energy beneath mirrors the duality of vulnerability and resilience - reminding us that what is broken is not necessarily lost, but transformed.
Artist: Natalie Bell
Dimensions: 40cm x 50cm
Year: 2025
Frame: Without frame
Technique: Acrylics, Modelling Paste, Wall Plaster