Original Work by James Edward Scherbarth: Triptych; Kimono

Three panels, one kimono, and an abstract surface that looks like it has been through several seasons.

This original work is a kimono triptych by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), in oil and cold wax on cradle board, signed and dated en verso. Cold wax medium thickens oil paint and lets the artist build, scrape and incise layers, giving the surface a worn, archaeological look. Two horizontal panels form the sleeves and a long vertical panel the body of a kimono shape. The surface is a green and gray patina scattered with plum-colored blooms and scratched leaf-like ovals. Fine ruled lines run across like seams. The image is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

A robe nobody will wear, though everyone will want to.