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Life is Complicated: Iconic figures and characters inhabit rich and visceral surfaces. Constructed from meticulous cut-outs or swimming in a sky of oil paint, they navigate through tangled abstract lines and knots - obstacles on the path of life - searching for ascension.

Battle

Battle

oil on canvas 72x60" 2008

Protection I

Protection I

oil and collage on canvas 48x48" 2008

Protection II

Protection II

oil and collage on canvas 48x48" 2008

Outnumbered

Outnumbered

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper 48x40" 2008

Revolution

Revolution

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper 48x40" 2008

Watching Blumer

Watching Blumer

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper 16x14" 2008

Festival

Festival

mixed-media and cut paper on panel in Plexiglas box 48x36x4" 2008

Swimming in Circles

Swimming in Circles

mixed-media, photographs, and cut paper on panel in Plexiglas box 24x24x3" 2008

Protected

Protected

mixed-media and cut paper on panel in Plexiglas box 24x24x3" 2008

Watching You

Watching You

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper 17x14" 2008

Changing Moods

Changing Moods

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper 8x10" 2008

Fighting

Fighting

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper 7x5" 2008

The Light

The Light

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper 17x14" 2008

Surrounded

Surrounded

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper 16x14" 2008

Guardian

Guardian

mixed-media and cut paper on panel in Plexiglas box 6x6x2" 2008

Chocolate Garden

Chocolate Garden

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper in Plexiglas box 26x36x4" 2012

Island

Island

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper in Plexiglas box 9x15x3" 2012

Archipelago

Archipelago

mixed-media and cut paper on Stonehenge paper in Plexiglas box 9x15x3" 2012

© 2020 Merlene Schain

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