Abstract Collage by James Edward Scherbarth: "Enigma"

A pencil line splits the collage top to bottom, and a red dot sits just to the right as if it fell off.

Enigma is an abstract collage, graphite on paper, by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated 09-02-2020 on the verso. Abstract collage often plays a few strong shapes against one another, leaving the viewer to decide how they relate. A vertical strip of tan, stained paper fills the center of the sheet. Near its top a rust-red rectangle holds an open oval. A thin wavering graphite line runs down through everything, and a solid red disc rests at the lower right. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

Enigma is the right word. Nobody has to solve it.