Original Painting: to & Fro by James Edward Scherbarth

A black blade cuts through a band of pink, and the pink appears to have allowed it.

To & Fro is an original painting by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), in oil and cold wax, signed and dated en verso 2016. Cold wax medium thickens oil paint into a paste that can be built up, scraped back and incised. A tall black form, narrow at both ends and striped with fine white lines, rises through a pale grey field. Across its middle runs a rectangle of pink and violet, scored with red lines and a row of short ticks. The image is 12 inches wide and 16 high.

Back and forth, as promised, and in no particular hurry.