Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Between the Sky and a Cloud

Pale blue hills and a pair of rust-edged eyes emerge from a washed-out sheet.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt. It is paint on panel. He began using dried paint after drips on a protective plastic sheet struck him as wasteful, and he glued the chips onto his canvas to add texture and found faces in them. A square work with a washed cream ground and a band of pale blue strokes along the top. Soft brown marks suggest eyes, a nose and lips in the middle, and small orange dots scatter around the lower left. It is 8 inches wide and 8 high.

Quiet washes with a face half-remembered.