Line & Shape #2 by James Edward Scherbarth, Framed

Teal feather strokes sweep across a rust ground, over a band of red that looks like a picket fence in a hurry.

Line & Shape #2, framed, is oil and cold wax on paper by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), signed and titled en verso. Cold wax medium mixed with oil paint gives a thick, matte, workable surface that can be scraped, layered and incised. Here a deep red-brown ground is crosshatched with fine dark and gold lines. A plume of blue-green strokes rises through the upper half, and a lower band of brighter red carries scratched vertical marks. A cream mat and dark wood frame surround it. It is 11 inches wide and 14 high, the image 5.5 by 8.5.

The fence keeps nothing in, and nobody minds.