Vintage

   I have only touched the surface as I delve into oil painting and enjoy very much the way that oils allow you to work in layers, change and modify your work , and let you be as loose or precise as you wish. The same spot can be revisited and refined several times, unlike watercolours that take on a life of their own in the way that they puddle and react to the paper. And yet, I think of oil painting as being more difficult, more challenging and somehow more refined.

   I have such fond and vivid memories of standing in front of famous oil paintings for hours in art galleries in Europe, just soaking in the minute details, the skin tones, the lace, the clothing, the dark backgrounds, the gestures and symbolism, the eyes, the interplay of light and dark… Art history courses at university also offered an excellent foundation upon which to build a lifelong appreciation for fine art.