Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: Animal Behavior

Many arms radiate from one figure on a ground ribbed like a corrugated wall.

This work on paper is by Animal Behavior, and is ca. 2006. It is paint & mixed media on paper. 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. Pale green ground with fine vertical ribbing carries a sketchy figure whose cream arms fan outward like a burst of rays. Two tinted rectangles sit at either side, one pinkish and one rust. The figure's legs kick off at an angle. It is 5 inches wide and 7 high.

A lot of arms, and a surprisingly relaxed attitude.