Original Painting: Secret Place by James Edward Scherbarth

Red crowds in from the right, cream holds the left, and something green grows up between them.

This original painting, Secret Place, is by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), dated 2017, in oil and cold wax on cradle board, signed and dated en verso. Many abstract painters work by adding and removing paint until an image suggests itself. A pale cream block fills the upper left,. A broad wall of scarlet takes the upper right, roughly brushed and scored. Along the bottom, a gray-blue patch at left meets a thick tangle of olive and lime strokes at right. It is 12 inches wide and 12 high.

Not much of a secret once it is on the wall, but still a good place.