Joyful Noise by James Edward Scherbarth

The title says noise. So does the pink.

Joyful Noise is a painting by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), dated 2013, and signed and dated on the back. It is oil and cold wax medium on cradle board. Painters mix cold wax into oil for its matte, buttery body, building layers that can be scraped back to show what lies below. A looping pink and green calligraphic shape lands on a mottled olive-brown ground, with a second pink branch below and flecks scattered between. Scratched rings show in the surface. Sixteen inches square.

Quiet, as noise goes.