Collage on Paper - Hashtag by James Edward Scherbarth

Strips of gray and white paper lean on one another like fence posts after a storm, and a red hashtag waits at the corner.

Hashtag is a collage on paper, mixed media, by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated 09-02-2020 on the verso. Collage built from painted scraps lets the brushwork on each piece carry into the larger composition. Torn strips of white and pale gray paper, streaked with dry brush marks, stand upright and cross at angles near the center. A thin dark line runs along the edge of one. At the lower right, four narrow red bars cross to form a neat grid. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

Tagged, filed and very nicely composed.