Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Figure on Stool #3

Seated figure leans forward on a black stool, legs stretched out ahead.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2015. It is paint on panel. Because the skins are peeled up, anything painted on them is reversed, so he must write text backwards and paint a figure facing right if it is meant to look left. Seen straight on, a cutout in rust, pink, and black stripes leans toward the left on a round stool with splayed legs. One leg extends with a pale foot. The cream ground has scattered black curls and a taupe band along the bottom. It is 9 inches wide, 1 deep and 12 high.

Leaning in, as if the stool had just offered an opinion.