Mixed Media & Collage on Paper | Ceide Coast by James Edward Scherbarth

Torn strips of charcoal, slate and stone-gray paper stack up like cliffs that have been folded by hand.

This mixed media and collage on paper, Ceide Coast, is by James Edward Scherbarth. The title points to the Ceide Fields on the north coast of County Mayo in Ireland, generally described as among the oldest known field systems, above high cliffs. Layers of dark, textured paper overlap in horizontal bands, with one pale strip of beige and a sliver of peach running between them. A narrow white tear splits the black block at upper right. It is 16 inches wide and 12 high.

A coastline assembled from scraps, which is how coastlines are made anyway.