The Drift

Laura Olenska
Oil on canvas
2026
760 x 505 mm

Artist statement: The Drift is an experimental painting drawn from the artist’s experience of living in New Zealand. It reflects a slow, often invisible shift, not fully chosen and not always understood. Something that moves through, alters, and leaves one elsewhere. A process of deconstruction, where reconstruction remains a hope. It reflects a slow, often invisible shift, not fully chosen and not always understood. Something that moves through, alters, and leaves one elsewhere. A process of deconstruction, where reconstruction remains a hope.

This artwork is presented as part of BETWEEN US, a group exhibition at Depot Artspace bringing together 28 contemporary artists exploring figurative art and portraiture. View the full exhibition here.