Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: What You Say & What I Hear

Half-lit portrait sends gold and brown rays out from one ear.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2014. It is paint on panel. Because the skins are peeled up, anything painted on them is reversed, so he must write text backwards and paint a figure facing right if it is meant to look left. Olive-gold head and neck stand against a streaky white ground. The face splits into a light side with patches of gray, while long gold, brown and cream wedges fan out at right like a sunburst. A small monogram sits lower right. It is 12 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 12 high.

Hearing something loud, and handling it with grace.