Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: Mine Field, Framed

A dark figure stands among tall amber reeds under a sky of pale strips.

This work on paper is by Mine Field, and is ca. 2012. It is paint on paper. His paint skins are made by painting on plastic and peeling the sheet off, so the side against the plastic is glossy and the side exposed to air is matte. A framed print or collage in warm orange, ochre and brown. A dark standing figure with a bowed head stands among dense, scratchy vertical reeds beneath bands of pale sky. A cream mat and a dark, textured frame surround it. It is 21 inches wide and 21 high.

Sky is thin, reeds are thick, and the figure waits.