Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: Straight As an Arrow

Flat gray figure glides horizontally across a wall of coppery streaks.

This work on paper is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2014. It is paint on paper. 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. Overall, a thin figure in pale gray lies fully outstretched at middle height, arms forward. The ground is a vertical, streaky mix of copper, tan and brown, with a scraped band of color near the bottom. It is 10 inches wide and 10 high.

Swimming along with remarkable calm and no visible water.