Boat Park #8. Acrylic on Cotton, 54″ x 54″, 2013.
Pickney Masquerade. 22″ x 24″, acrylic on linen, 2013
For Schliefer, abstract painting stimulates the creative juices in the artist’s psyche. The works shown here are but a small number of abstract(ed) works; others can be found throughout the site.
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- Supplication. A monument to supplication in stone. 1970, appr. 20″ x 28″. Private collection.
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- Little Girl at Sunrise. 11″x13″, acrylic on cotton. 2010. Artist’s collection.
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- Eros, 1993, mixed media on cotton, 24″ x 33″. Artist’s collection.
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- Composition in tones of red, painted in the 1980s, oil on canvas, Private collection.
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- Klinglling on a Mango Spree. 1972, oil on canvas, Private collection. Klinkling – the common name for a noisy blackbird which likes to hack away at mangoes in the tree tops.
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- View From Catherine’s Peak. Schliefer devised a method of juxtaposing the qualities of the mountain and sky in a multidimensional mountain-scape, geometric angles being the structural guidelines for shaping the perspectival vision. 24″x33″, Oil on cotton, 2003. Artist’s collection.
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- Beach – a work which provides different perspectives on the elements of sea, surf, beach, and sky. 1996, oil on linen, 24″x36″. Artist’s collection.
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- Poodle in Motion. Inspired by a famous painting of a trotting poodle, Schliefer’s version extends the motions involved in its progression. 1978, oil on canvas, 20×16. Collection SCS.
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- Dance for Hunting Spirit. 44″x44″, oil and collage on cotton, 1996. Artist’s collection.
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- Beach Park. 1986, oil on cotton, 54″ x 54″. Private collection.
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- Ghetto masks. c.1970, oil on canvas, Private collection.
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- This reversible painting (signed at both ends) depicts the act of voyeurism – likely to lead to dire consequences, such as a divorce. mid 1980s, oil on canvas, Private collection.
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- Hellshire, the popular suburban beachsite, provides profound inspiration for Schliefer as a lover of the sea. The scattering of weather-beaten board shacks, the dug-out canoes, the subtle greens and blues of sea and sky shaping the landscape of the beach, he finds irresistible. 1985. Oil on canvas. 54” x 54”. Collection Pan American Art Projects, Miami, USA.
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- Boat Park, c.1985, oil on canvas, Private collection.
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- Lovers on the Beach. c.1985. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
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- Boat Park – the artist’s treatment of fishermen’s boats on the beach. Oil on canvas, 1986, private collection.
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- Composition with ackee. Oil on canvas, c.1985, Private collection.
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- The disintegrating composition of the “Clipped Doctor Bird” – one of Jamaica’s national symbols – delivers Schliefer’s interpretation of the distorted conditions of the society. 1998, mixed media on linen, 43″ x 52″. Artist’s collection.
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- Streetboys at Moonlight. 13″x11″, acrylic on cotton, 2010-2011. Artist’s collection.
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- African Theme. The symmetry of the face compelled the artist to depict the bust in like manner in this semi-abstract work. 1968, oil on canvas. Private collection
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