Oil & Cold Wax on Paper by James Edward Scherbarth: Titled: BLUE CURRACH, Framed

A blue boat drawn up on a purple shore, with the sky taking up the rest of the room.

Blue Currach is an oil and cold wax painting on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, made around 2019 and framed. A currach is a traditional Irish boat, built of a light frame covered with hide or tarred canvas. Here the hull is a dense weave of blue, green and orange strokes against a gray sky and a deep violet ground. Its outline is drawn in thin lines of orange. The surface is scraped and layered, so color shows through color. It is 12 inches wide and 9 high, with an image 10.25 inches wide and 7.13 high.

Small enough to hold, and still somehow seaworthy.