Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Mutt

White head with floppy side locks hovers on a slender neck over cool gray.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2014. It is paint on panel. 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. Visibly, a cream head with dark-rimmed eyes, a small black mouth and drooping side shapes sits on a long narrow neck that ends in a tiny gold-trimmed collar. The ground is a streaky gray-green with a light blue line at the top. It is 10 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 10 high.

Floppy ears, solemn face, and a very small collar.