Collage on Paper - Rondeau by James Edward Scherbarth

Rows of small gray squares, each scribbled through, march down the page under a top row dipped in red.

Rondeau is a collage on paper, mixed media, by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated 08-24-2020 on the verso. A rondeau is a poetic form built on repetition and a returning refrain, and grid-based drawings can echo that same patterning. Five columns of little squares run down the center of the sheet. The top row is filled in bright red, the middle rows are crossed with tangled graphite and pink lines, and the bottom row is shaded gray with a single dot each. Small black dots punctuate the margins. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

The refrain is red, as refrains should be.