Collage on Paper - Reassembled by James Edward Scherbarth

Wandering pencil lines loop over a sheet of tea-colored paper, catching a few dark shards on the way.

Reassembled is a collage on paper, graphite on paper, by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated 09-15-2020 on the verso. Collage can be a kind of repair, gathering pieces into a new whole, and many artists use the medium with that idea in mind. A rectangle of warm amber paper fills the center. Loose graphite outlines wander over and beyond it, enclosing small dark gray patches and a faint veined leaf shape. Tiny purple marks scatter near the top, and thin lines trail down past the lower edge. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

Taken apart, put back together, and better for it.