Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Expression of Nothing

Spiky-haired head with a red-brown mouth wears a startled look.

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. Black strokes outline a head with short bristling hair, rounded ears and a long neck. The lower face is a patch of rust-red. Wide pale eyes look outward from a chalky white ground, with a beige band across the top left. It is 10 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 10 high.

Surprised hair, steady eyes, and a rust-red opinion.