Established 1978
Just Paintings
Kent's best stocked gallery
Oil Paintings 1
Oil
paintings are considered by many collectors to be the best medium
as they have strong permanent colours, can have surface texture and
do not require glass.
Most oil paintings are on stretched canvas.
This means the canvas has been tensioned over a stretcher rail that
allows the canvas to be tensioned further by the use of wooden wedges.
There is another method for producing oil paintings that is even better
- working on a gesso primed panel, this method pre-dates working on
canvas by about 2 centuries. The smooth surface allows for beautifully
detailed paintings and due the higher weight is normally restricted
to smaller paintings.
Other slightly inferior ways of producing oil paintings
include working on a canvas art board (canvas bonded to a heavy
card board), painting on Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) or on
hardboard. The use of MDF is becoming more common with some professional
artists as it is flat and stable, however it must be sealed on all
sides and edges, as it will break down if it gets wet. Canvas art
board and hardboard are normally the preserve of amateur artists.
Dutch winter street scene 24x18 cm Koerten
oil on gesso panel
Stag 24"x20" oil Jean Hamilton George
The oil paintings shown on this page
are available for sale.
Click on photograph for larger image.
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