Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: One in the Hand

Long-nosed man in black outline holds up a small object like a toast.

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. One hand lifts a small brown object. Vertical dashes and a striped band across the top break the chalky white ground. It is 16 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 20 high.

Raising a small toast to nobody in particular.