Thoughts on Painting

Oil painting to me is the perfect medium for what I am explaining in my art.  The quality, or texture of paint and surface, color, light, shadow, and edges are all attributes which can be controlled to a certain extent within the pictorial plane. Painting is a life long learning process.  There is the “science” … Read more

Oil Painting

Oilvase with bird  Painting to me is the perfect medium for what I am explaining in my art. The quality, or texture of paint and surface, color, light, shadow, and edges are all attributes which can be controlled to a certain extent within the pictorial plane.

Painting is a life long learning process.  There is the “science” of painting, which deals with all things technical, and how the technical, or visual aspects of a 2 dimensional space relates to the 3 dimensions.  And there is the artistic side, which is not completely definable in my opinion, but here is a crack at it.  This deals with how the artist applies the “science” side to the actual work.   How’s that?  (Purposely short, vague, and open so to allow me room not to completely contradict myself!).

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