Painting on Paper - Jellystone #1 by James Edward Scherbarth

A ribbed lavender shape noses in from the right like a curious caterpillar.

Jellystone #1 is a painting on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, in oil, cold wax and paint, signed and dated 2017 on verso. Cold wax gives oil paint a dense, matte body, and many contemporary painters use it to layer and scrape their surfaces. A pale violet form with a rounded end spans the right side, crossed by curved bands of yellow, green and orange. Three rows of soft pink dots line the left edge of the deep red field. It is 12 inches wide and 9 high.

The first in the series, and already quite sure of itself.