Original Painting: Stone Work 1 by James Edward Scherbarth

Rough purple bars cross a mustard field, a window grid drawn by a very relaxed hand.

This original painting, Stone Work 1, is by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), in oil and cold wax on cradle board, signed en verso. The grid is one of modern painting's favorite structures, offering an order that the hand can then roughen. Two vertical and two horizontal bands of violet and plum divide the panel into nine uneven panes. The panes are mustard and olive, glowing orange at the edges where under-layers show through. Every surface is pitted and finely textured. It is 12 inches wide and 12 high.

Tic-tac-toe, played with complete seriousness.