Where the Veil Is Thin by James Edward Scherbarth

Celadon green, smoothed on thick, with a small flare of crimson at the left edge like a door left ajar.

Where The Veil Is Thin is oil and cold wax on paper by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), dated 2018 and signed, titled and dated 2018 en verso. The title echoes an old Celtic idea, usually associated with autumn, of times and places where the boundary between worlds grows thin. A soft pale green panel fills the sheet, applied in layers that leave a slightly uneven surface. Faint vertical pencil lines descend through the upper half. A patch of red and dark green breaks through at the left, with tiny flecks of red along the edges. It is 7 inches wide and 11 high.

Thin enough, apparently, to let a little red through.