Spherical
abstractness and pictorial compression: Scharein’s
microstructures amaze and fascinate the beholder. Before
themes, meaning, or the exegesis of artworks, there is colour,
emanating from the canvas’ reactive surface, challenging
the beholder to answer with all his or her experience, sensuality,
and spirituality, lest the painting refuse to reveal itself.
This is especially true for the multi-panel “altarpieces”:
they unfold around a space that is devoid of terms but loaded
with atmospheric colour, thus leading their beholder back
to the cultic origins of art.