WHATIFTHEWORLD is proud to present Saltwater Altar, a solo exhibition by Oliver Scarlin. To paint a subject from life is itself an act of love. Painting the portrait of a live sitter requires an intense, scouring kind of looking; a sustained acute attention – the type of gaze reserved mostly for lovers. Devotional art carries a similar kind of principle, inasmuch as the artwork itself is understood as the outcome of a period of religious reflection.