Back Forty by James Edward Scherbarth

Yellow light rakes across dark ground, and something like a fence leans into it.

Back Forty is by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), dated 2019, in oil and cold wax on paper, and signed, titled and dated 2019 en verso. Cold wax medium, mixed with oil paint, lets an artist build up and scrape back layers, giving the surface a matte, worked texture. A deep green band fills the top. Below it, chartreuse sweeps and scratched lines cross a pale blue form, with patches of mauve and oxblood at the bottom. A narrow grid peeks out at lower left. It is 8 inches wide and 12 high.

Farmland, as seen by someone who preferred the paint to the plow.