Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: The Sound Between My Ears

A head with wide-set eyes and round ears peers out of pale, honey-colored panel.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2012. 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. A square panel of light-toned panel with a bald head made of overlapping, mottled pieces in gray, tan and rust. Orange-red eyes and mouth look out, and two large dark ears sit at the sides. A tiny signature sits at lower right. It is 8 inches wide and 8 high.

Wary and wide-eyed, with ears like open doors.