Abstract works

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.

: 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.

: Beach Park. 1986, oil on cotton, 54″ x 54″. Private collection.

: 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.

: Boat Park, c.1985, oil on canvas, Private collection.

: Dance for Hunting Spirit. 44″x44″, oil and collage on cotton, 1996. Artist’s collection.

: Little Girl at Sunrise. 11″x13″, acrylic on cotton. 2010. Artist’s collection.

: Lovers on the Beach. c.1985. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

: Ghetto masks. c.1970, oil on canvas, Private collection.

: 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.

: Streetboys at Moonlight. 13″x11″, acrylic on cotton, 2010-2011. Artist’s collection.

: 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.

: Eros, 1993, mixed media on cotton, 24″ x 33″. Artist’s collection.

: 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.

: 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.

: 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.

: 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