Line & Shape #3 by James Edward Scherbarth, Framed

A coral frond grows down the upper left, and teal sprigs spring up along the bottom like reeds.

Line & Shape #3, framed, is oil and cold wax on paper by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), signed and titled en verso. In layered wax painting the lower colors are often scratched back into view, which is how the fine streaks in a piece like this tend to appear. A deep red-violet ground is cut with thin vertical lines. A ribbed coral shape, like a leaf or a fan, occupies the upper left corner. Along the bottom, broken teal marks rise in a loose band. The image sits within a cream mat and a dark frame. It is 11 inches wide and 14 high, the image 5.5 by 8.5.

A small garden, kept under glass.