Painting on Canvas by Mark Westervelt: Salty Candy II, Framed

Broad-hipped figure with a floral headpiece plants a hand on her hip against taupe.

This painting on canvas is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 1990. It is chip paint & canvas. Faces and figures recur in his work as a way to express inner conditions of the self, and he has said he hopes viewers first think wow and then what. A large standing nude in pale gray-white, drawn in thin line, props one arm on the hip. Purple and blue flowers crown a round face with wide eyes and red lips. Small dark spots dot the taupe ground, and a slim black frame surrounds it. It is 44 inches wide, 3 deep and 65.25 high.

Floral crown, hand on hip, complete command of the room.