Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: Island Birds

A ghostly white figure drifts over hills on a sheet lettered island in red.

This work on paper is by Island Birds, and is ca. 2011. It is paint & mixed media 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. A rough, deckled panel in cream and yellow with red capital letters at the top. A pale sculpted figure with a painted face swirls at left, with soft gray hills, a tiny framed doodle, and orange leaf-like shapes below. It is 5 inches wide and 7 high.

A small island with a lot going on.