Original Painting: White by James Edward Scherbarth

A great slab of white pushed hard against a dark corner.

Original Painting: White is an oil and cold wax painting on paper by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), dated 2018 and signed and dated en verso. Cold wax medium thickens oil paint into a buttery paste that can be layered, scraped and incised, leaving the history of each pass on the surface. Here a broad field of chalky white fills most of the sheet, cracked with fine dark lines and drips. Along the right edge and bottom, a deep brown-black band is scored with rows of vertical marks, like fencing or ribs. It is 12 inches wide and 16 high.

Mostly white, and entirely sure of itself.