Line & Shape #5 by James Edward Scherbarth, Framed

A pale teal cloud hangs over a stack of glowing coral stripes, like a sunset over a dock.

Line & Shape #5, framed, is oil and cold wax on paper by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), signed and titled en verso. Abstract painters often work in series, varying color and gesture within the same small format to see what each change does. Here a dark plum ground is crossed by a fine grid of rust and gold lines. A cloud of blue-green strokes rises through the center, and a band of bright coral horizontal stripes sits at the base. The image is set in a cream mat and dark wood frame. It is 11 inches wide and 14 high, the image 5.5 by 8.5.

Warm at the bottom, cool at the top, which seems fair.