A richly layered portrait rendered in oil, acrylic, collage, and graphite on panel, *The Whitstable Head* by David Kim Whittaker combines gestural mark-making with textural complexity to evoke a compelling sense of place and identity. The work's mixed-media construction creates a dynamic interplay of surface and depth, where fragments of collaged material emerge beneath and alongside painted passages. Housed in the artist's own frame, the piece extends Whittaker's creative vision beyond the panel itself, presenting the work as a fully unified object.