Work on Paper by Mark Westervelt: Head to Toe, Framed

A speckled shirt, long black legs, and a kicked ball where the head should be.

This work on paper is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2012. It is paint on paper. Mark Westervelt is an American painter trained at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Chicago, whose work has come to include a variety of mediums over his career. A framed collage of a figure in a white shirt covered in black marks and tight black trousers, one leg lifted. A small round head sits near the foot at the lower left. It is 16 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 18.25 high.

A graceful kick that nobody seemed to plan.