Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Close to the Heart

Tall figure in black line holds a smaller one close, hand to its mouth.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2014. It is paint on panel. 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. Two figures in bold black outline fill a white ground. The larger has a rust-and-tan face, a ringed neck and a draped body; the smaller, tucked against its chest, raises a hand to its lips. Black splatters mark the margins. It is 16 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 20 high.

A tender pair, drawn with a very decisive pen.