Graphite & Colored Pencil on Paper | Celtic History by James Edward Scherbarth

Two smooth stones, one brown and one gray, hang beside a blue-flecked column like stones beside a standing marker.

Celtic History is a drawing in hand colored graphite and pencil on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated 12-17-2020 on the verso. Standing stones and carved markers are among the most familiar images of the Celtic past, and abstract artists often reduce them to a few simple masses. Here a tall pale green column at the left is flecked with small blue marks and loose white scribbles. To its right, a brown oval stone sits above a dark curved stick, and a large gray-green rounded stone is crossed with fine pale lines. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

History, it turns out, is mostly rocks and patience.