Hive #2 by James Edward Scherbarth, Framed

A soft gray wing shape tilts across the square, with a dark smudge above it and gold rolling off to the right.

Hive #2, framed, is oil and cold wax on paper by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), dated 2016 and signed and dated en verso. Small square formats are a common choice for series work, so differences register clearly. In this one, pale gray-white forms a large curved shape at the lower left. A dark charcoal smudge sits above it, and ochre and mustard sweep across the right half in combed lines. It is matted in white in a brown frame. It is 13 inches wide and 13 high, the image 6 by 6.

One wing in view, and the rest left to imagination.