Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: The Little Bird That Told Me

Round-headed figure with a black-looped outline hangs from a small white cutout.

This work on paper is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2012. It is paint on paper. Because the skins are peeled up, anything painted on them is reversed, so he must write text backwards and paint a figure facing right if it is meant to look left. Mid-sheet, a tiny figure with a dark, rounded head and a rust cap sits above a white rectangle looped with ragged black lines like long arms and legs. It floats alone on a textured white sheet with a faint monogram. It is 6 inches wide and 7 high.

All outline, one bold stroke, no second thoughts.