In a world dominated by mass-produced décor, stumbling upon a hand-painted piece of art for just $5 feels like striking gold—and for this shopper, it was a reminder that beauty and value can often be ...

I once asked an artist I know what he did about varnishing his oil paintings. I had read about "varnishing day" at the great salon exhibits in Paris in the 19th century and wondered what it was like ...

Self-taught oil painter Marcus Robins has been honing his craft for three years and hopes his work sparks dialogue and ...

Homeowners may have to look a little harder to find oil-based paints and stains. New regulations took effect Jan. 1 that significantly reduce the allowable content of volatile organic compounds in ...

Oil paint is suitable for exterior surfaces, and you can clean oil-painted surfaces regularly without damaging the paint. (You’ll need to use a solvent to clean brushes and equipment.) Oil paints can ...

If you want oil paintings of aspen trees or cityscapes, Sparky Lebold is not your guy. But if you want traditional, richly textured landscapes of the sea, open spaces, rundown buildings, figures and ...

In his 1550 volume Lives of the Artists, painter and architect Giorgio Vasari snuck in praise for the Flemish artist Jan van Eyck in his chapter on the Italian painter Antonello da Messina. Vasari ...

The 15th century represents an important transition in art history, as oil paints gradually replaced egg-based tempera paints as the painting medium of choice. During the transition period, artists ...

The crew of a Venezuela-bound oil tanker have put up a crude painting of a Russian flag on the side of its hull in an ...

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