Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: Birds Eye

Black-and-white striped figure with folded wing-like sleeves leans slightly to one side.

This work on paper is by Birds Eye, and is ca. 2012. It is paint on paper. Mark Westervelt is an American painter trained at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Chicago, whose work has come to include a variety of mediums over his career. Simply put, a small figure with a gray, long-nosed head wears a coat of bold black and white streaks, its sleeves hanging like folded wings. It is 6 inches wide and 7 high.

Dressed like a magpie and no less dignified for it.