Fragments of Wholeness

Fragments of Wholeness

Original mixed media artwork on board. Hand-drawn portrait with charcoal and ink, embellished with gold leaf and indigo watercolor. 54 × 54 cm. Framed and ready to hang.

Fragments of Wholeness explores the complexity of becoming—where presence is built not from perfection, but from the beauty of what’s been gathered, broken, and reassembled. A woman’s face emerges from layered charcoal lines and washes of indigo, her eyes shadowed holding mystery and introspection.

Gold leaf fragments drift across the surface like moments of clarity rising from the depths—subtle, radiant, and incomplete by design. They hover around her as if suspended in breath, suggesting that wholeness doesn’t arrive all at once, but in shimmering, scattered pieces.

Loose lines and soft textures convey a raw intimacy. Indigo watercolor bleeds through the composition like emotion unfolding, while the layered materials reveal a tension between concealment and revelation. The figure is not fully defined, yet she feels complete in her presence—unfinished, but not incomplete.

Part of my Unspoken collection, this piece is a meditation on integration—the slow, nonlinear process of reclaiming the self. Fragments of Wholeness invites us to see beauty in the pieces, in the glimmers of becoming who we already are.