Original Painting: Stone Work 10 by James Edward Scherbarth

Slabs of slate blue, rust and moss lean against one another like a dry stone wall that decided to improvise.

This original painting, Stone Work 10, is by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), in oil and cold wax on cradle board, signed en verso. A cradle board is a wood panel braced from behind by a frame, sturdy enough for the scraping and layering that cold wax invites. Irregular shapes in muted blue, violet, teal, oxblood and ochre fit together across the surface, separated by dark, ragged seams. A pale, textured ground shows through the gaps at center. The surfaces are mottled and lightly scored, like weathered rock. It is 12 inches wide and 12 high.

Masonry, minus the mortar and the backache.