Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: Flight

Diving figure reaches forward across a coppery, rain-streaked wall.

This work on paper is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2014. It is paint on paper. 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. Close up, a small figure in gray, white and black scraps stretches out diagonally, one arm leading, legs trailing behind. The ground has long vertical streaks in copper and olive, with a darker patchy band along the bottom. It is 10 inches wide and 10 high.

Headed somewhere with enormous enthusiasm and no map.