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Article: The Languages of Oil Painting

The Languages of Oil Painting

The Languages of Oil Painting

Oil paints are created by mixing dry pigments with a medium of “drying oil,” such as linseed oil or walnut oil, which binds the pigments, allowing them to be applied to a surface while wet where they then slowly dry. The drying time of oil paint depends on the type of medium used. Traditional oil paints can take as long as three weeks to dry, while certain modern oil paints, if diluted efficiently, can dry in a matter of just a few days. The type of oil used, and other factors such as the amount of dilution, can affect the visual qualities of the paint, making the sheen more or less luminous, the viscosity more or less thick, and the color more or less vibrant.

Although oil painting has been around since at least the 5th Century A.C.E., it potential is still being explored and expanded today. In her paintings, Anya Spielman demonstrates the fantastic range of hue, texture, luminosity and transparency that a painter can achieve with oils. Gudrun Mertes-Frady explores the transcendent qualities that can emerge when blending oil paints with other mediums, such as metallic pigments. Pierre Muckensturm and Xanda McCagg demonstrate in their paintings the depth of the relationships that can be aroused when mixing oil paints with other mediums such as acrylics and graphite. Yari Ostovany uses oil paints to create visceral depth, and to manifest the intense, elemental rawness of the medium itself.

#1182#1182
Arvid Boecker
#1182
Painting
50.0 X 40.0 X 5.5 cm 19.7 X 15.7 X 2.2 inch

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Purple LushPurple Lush
Ashlynn Browning
Purple Lush
Painting
35.6 X 28.0 X 0.0 cm 14.0 X 11.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£500.00
Untitled 7Untitled 7
Claude Tétot
Untitled 7
Painting
50.0 X 70.0 X 0.0 cm 19.7 X 27.6 X 0.0 inch Sale price£1,900.00
Endless Painting 3Endless Painting 3
Dana Gordon
Endless Painting 3
Painting
162.6 X 122.0 X 0.0 cm 64.0 X 48.0 X 0.0 inch

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Faded LightFaded Light
Gina Werfel
Faded Light
Painting
137.0 X 122.0 X 0.0 cm 53.9 X 48.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£6,550.00
AviatorAviator
Margaret Neill
Aviator
Painting
40.7 X 45.8 X 0.0 cm 16.0 X 18.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£3,050.00
Untitled (Id. 1281)Untitled (Id. 1281)
Fieroza Doorsen
Untitled (Id. 1281)
Painting
27.0 X 19.0 X 0.0 cm 10.6 X 7.5 X 0.0 inch

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VernalVernal
Melissa Meyer
Vernal
Painting
76.2 X 61.0 X 0.0 cm 30.0 X 24.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£20,700.00
Blue White LineBlue White Line
Xanda McCagg
Blue White Line
Painting
50.8 X 50.8 X 0.0 cm 20.0 X 20.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£1,600.00
Interior with Paint ChipsInterior with Paint Chips
Laura Newman
Interior with Paint Chips
Painting
183.0 X 142.0 X 0.0 cm 72.0 X 55.9 X 0.0 inch Sale price£12,150.00
Untitled - OL3.17Untitled - OL3.17
Jean Feinberg
Untitled - OL3.17
Painting
66.0 X 55.9 X 0.0 cm 26.0 X 22.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£2,100.00
Paysage (Ref 18085)Paysage (Ref 18085)
Martin Reyna
Paysage (Ref 18085)
Painting
130.0 X 162.0 X 0.0 cm 51.2 X 63.8 X 0.0 inch Sale price£7,200.00
Overnight to Distant CitiesOvernight to Distant Cities
Matthew Langley
Overnight to Distant Cities
Painting
91.5 X 91.5 X 0.0 cm 36.0 X 36.0 X 0.0 inch

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Teach Us to Sit StillTeach Us to Sit Still
Tracey Adams
Teach Us to Sit Still
Painting
81.3 X 152.4 X 0.0 cm 32.0 X 60.0 X 0.0 inch

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Pink LinkPink Link
Jessica Snow
Pink Link
Painting
46.0 X 46.0 X 0.0 cm 18.1 X 18.1 X 0.0 inch Sale price£3,050.00
Red Stills 2Red Stills 2
Jill Moser
Red Stills 2
Painting
76.2 X 76.2 X 0.0 cm 30.0 X 30.0 X 0.0 inch

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