Oil & Cold Wax on Paper - Wee Currach by James Edward Scherbarth

A small red boat, low in the frame, sitting on a great deal of olive gold.

Wee Currach is an oil and cold wax on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, signed and dated 2019 on verso. The currach is the light, hide- or canvas-covered rowing boat of western Ireland, traditionally built with a wooden frame. Here a curved hull in bright red-orange, outlined in teal, rests near the bottom of the image. Above it, the ground is a textured, waxy field of olive and mustard, scraped and stippled throughout. The image is 7.13 inches wide and 10.25 high, on a sheet 9 by 12.

Wee, as promised, and quite unbothered by the size of the sea.