Abstract Collage by James Edward Scherbarth: Untitled

A gray cloud, a red bar, and a fold of pale paper below, all hung on two thin pencil lines.

This untitled abstract collage is mixed media on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2018 and signed and dated 11-11-2018 on the verso. Simple shapes in a few flat colors are a staple of abstract collage, where the arrangement does the speaking. A dark gray rounded shape floats near the top. Two fine graphite lines run down from it toward a tall wedge of folded tan paper at the bottom. A crisp bright red strip crosses horizontally, cutting the composition near its middle. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

Something like a balloon, and something like a kite, sharing the same string.