Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Pet

Bear-eared, golden-brown face holds a steady gaze against a mossy green field.

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. Centered, a tall head built from gold and brown patterned scraps has two round ears, wide-set eyes and a long nose. The green ground is streaked in vertical strokes, with a short dark band across the top and a monogram below. It is 8 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 8 high.

Wide-eyed, round-eared, and fully composed in every way.