Thursday evening

[Brian Koelz]

Hello Linda!

This one is painted on an acrylic gessoed rag mat board. It usually does absorb more oil than this but I was using a mixture of stand and damar with a touch of drier and painting fairly quickly. I also sometimes use formica laminate (bought at the local surplus building suplies store) and have come to love this ground for its quickness and oil-tight but slightly textured surface. It does create a highly sensitive painted surface, but seems much more resilient after a layer of varnish.

Thanks for your interest and good to hear from you,
Brian