[1] Smith describes Cloud Busting: “In this work I hope the viewer can engage in a continuous sense of mystery and imagination, aided by the grandness of scale, bold and complex surfaces, and the ‘liquid elevation’ of elements.

These are gravity-defying ceramic forms floating in mid-air; the air implied or “made real” by the undulating painted motif on the background and the physicality of the hovering tile forms.” - Malcolm Mobutu Smith[1] Cloud Busting consists of eight tiles made by hand and individually mounted to a wall painted with a swirling, playful pattern.

[1] The works are individually mounted to the waiting room wall, which features a painted swirling and spinning pattern, much like blowing winds.

[1] Cloud Busting was commissioned by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of its new campus in 2013.

[2][3] In response to its nationwide request for proposals, Eskenazi Health received more than 500 submissions from 39 states, which were then narrowed to 54 finalists by an independent jury.