The competition is open to artists from Maryland, Virginia and Washington: «Baltimore painter Jo Smail, whose abstract paintings of pink squares and dark splotches of pigment on a white ground played a crucial... read more... «Baltimore painter Jo Smail wins Trawick Prize» (twocoatsofpaint.com)
It manifests as dark splotches that appear most often around the mouth, forehead, and cheeks. (romper.com)
The radar on the Cassini spacecraft, which arrived at Saturn in 2004, turned up dark splotches at Titan's poles. (newscientist.com)