Saturday, 2 April 2011

"Lily" 20" x 24" Oil on linen(SOLD)

Another for the Eye on Art gallery, Indiana.   These two paintings will hopefully be available towards the end of April/early May.  Its the first time I have painted on Linen.  Its one of those things that I have avoided as it can be very expensive, so I was sort of hoping I would find a problem using it!  Well I didnt.  I thought it was fantastic to work on, finer than the canvas I use but not as smooth as a sanded gessoed surface.  Perfect for the way I like to paint.  Using linen seems to attract mixed opinion from what I have read, I wondered if you other artists had used it and what your thoughts were, and any type you would recommend?