Abstract Drawing - Haiku by James Edward Scherbarth

A gray barred rectangle at the top, a small round scribble at the bottom, and a slender stem connecting the two.

Haiku is an abstract drawing in graphite on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated 08-21-2020 on the verso. Like the poems it is named for, a drawing of this kind relies on very few elements and a lot of space. A horizontal band of vertical graphite strokes sits near the top of the sheet. From its left end a thin line runs down to a loose oval shaded with diagonal marks. One small dark dot sits beside it. Faint smudges halo the shapes. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

Three lines would have been plenty, and so they were.