Early work

Early works – approximately 1968-1974. Many of the images shown here are unfortunately affected by the passage of time and atmospheric conditions, resulting in a profound reduction of colour quality.

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: African Motif: Bust. Mixed media on cotton, 18″ x 24″, 1968. Private collection.

: Boy playing banjo. Oil on canvasboard, 30″ x 48″, 1968. Private collection.

: Nude eating melon. Is there a better way to enjoy a succulent piece of watermelon? Oil and enamel on canvas, 16″ x 20″, 1968. Private collection.

: Life Sentence. Oil on cotton, 30″ x 18″, 1969. Private Collection.

: Out of Many One Problem. Oil on masonite, 36″ x 50″, 1969. Collection the Bank of Jamaica.

: Patch Blues. Oil on hardboard, 36″ x 36″, 1969-1970; destroyed.

: Port Royal Fisherman. Oil on canvas, appr. 12″ x 30″, 1969. Private collection.

: River Washday. Oil on duck, 1970. Private collection.

: The Market Price. Oil on hardboard, 1970, private collection.

: “Then show me your motion” – depicting the stages of movement. Oil on duck, 28″ x 18″, c. 1970. Private Collection.

: The Farmer’s Wife. Oil on hardboard. 1972. Private collection.

: Woman on Beach. Oil on masonite, 18″x12″, 1972. Private collection.

: Blue Night Shanty. Oil on canvas, 30″ x 30″, 1973. Private collection.

: Kling-kling on a mango spree. Oil on duck, 20″ x 16″, 1973. Private collection.

: African Princess. Oil on hardboard, 1974. Private collection.

: The Laundress. Oil on canvas, 24″ x 13″, 1971. Private collection.

: Drying the nets. Oil on canvas, 30″ x 30″, 1972. Stolen. Inspired by typical scenes which can be viewed on Jamaican fishing beaches.

: Green nude, 1969. Private collection. A poor reproduction, but nevertheless the loving hand of the painter shines through.

: Motherly Love. 1969, private collection.

: Deep sea boy: tribute to Jason Whyte. 28″x22″, 1971. Collection Institute of Jamaica. Inspired by the story of a boy lost at sea for two weeks.

: Design with city and vendor. Oil on canvas, 16″x20″, 1973. Private collection. An early example of Schliefer’s life-long interest in figurative abstraction.

: Caribbean Planto-iconographic. Oil on canvas, 1973. Private collection. Texture and image are indistinguishable in this representation of the sexual abuse of the enslaved black woman by the white planter.