Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Nightshade

Small hooded figure stands at the edge of a smoky orange-and-black field.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2014. It is paint on panel. Faces and figures recur in his work as a way to express inner conditions of the self, and he has said he hopes viewers first think wow and then what. Upfront, a black border frames a smoky ground of charcoal, cream and rust. A slim figure with a pale shawl-like head stands at right, partly cut off by the edge. A soft orange arc and a pink patch glow above and below. It is 11 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 14 high.

Shy, a little smoky, and glad of the dark frame.