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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 39.4x39.4in
About this artwork
Quiet Divide leans strongly into contemporary abstraction, built around contrast, texture, and restraint rather than detailed imagery.
The composition is divided into two dominant horizontal fields: a warm, muted gold upper section and a cooler, pale gray-white lower section. This split creates a sense of balance—almost like horizon and ground, or memory and silence. The gold area feels rich but subdued, not flashy; it carries subtle variations… and worn textures that suggest time, erosion, or layered history. The lower section, by contrast, is quieter and more diffuse, with soft blending that evokes fog, mist, or fading presence.
Around the edges, there’s a rough, expressive border of mixed tones—blues, browns, whites—that feels almost like the “raw” process showing through. It frames the cleaner central blocks and adds tension between control and spontaneity. The brushwork overall suggests layering and revision rather than a single decisive gesture.
The composition is divided into two dominant horizontal fields: a warm, muted gold upper section and a cooler, pale gray-white lower section. This split creates a sense of balance—almost like horizon and ground, or memory and silence. The gold area feels rich but subdued, not flashy; it carries subtle variations… and worn textures that suggest time, erosion, or layered history. The lower section, by contrast, is quieter and more diffuse, with soft blending that evokes fog, mist, or fading presence.
Around the edges, there’s a rough, expressive border of mixed tones—blues, browns, whites—that feels almost like the “raw” process showing through. It frames the cleaner central blocks and adds tension between control and spontaneity. The brushwork overall suggests layering and revision rather than a single decisive gesture.
Bisi Onisemo
United Kingdom
Credentials
- Works on commission
Bisi Onisemo is a Contemporary Abstract Artist based in London, with a background in art history, contemporary art, and art therapy. She combines traditional and experimental techniques, using both textured and non-textured concepts, layering bold colors and dynamic forms with expressive, non-traditional tools. Her work invokes movement and immersion, aiming to uplift, heal, and create profound connections between color, form, and the viewer, inspiring reflective beauty and creative energy.
Bisi Onisemo
Quiet Divide
$70,890