Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Allergen

Nervous face in black line is framed by a white square dotted with coppery specks.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2014. 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. Front and center, a long head with sketched eyes, ears, and a straight mouth sits in a pale gray rectangle within a white border. Small copper-colored dots are scattered around the edge like rivets. Fine scratches and scraps cover the surface. It is 10 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 10 high.

Framed, studded, and deeply unsure about the arrangement.