Territory II, Artist Made Frame by James Edward Scherbarth

A horizon, more or less, in turquoise and black.

Territory II is a painting by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), signed and dated on the back, in an artist-made frame. It is oil and cold wax medium on cradle board. Abstract painters often start from landscape and then let it go, keeping only enough of a horizon that the eye can find its footing. Here a black band divides a scraped white sky from a field of bright turquoise, crossed by a fine dark grid. A deep, dark wood frame floats the panel. Sixteen inches square.

The border remains open to interpretation.