Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: Spitting Fire, Framed

Tiny figure tumbles backward through a pale field under a gold frame.

This work on paper is by Spitting Fire, and is ca. 2014. It is paint on paper. 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. Mostly, a small brown figure sprawls in mid-fall with a red streak at the head, set within a pale, scattered ground with rust flecks. A tan linen-look mat and a slim gold frame surround it. Faint marks sit at the lower right. It is 22.5 inches wide, 2.25 deep and 23 high.

A dramatic fall, politely framed in gold.