William E. Elston The Art Of Painting

©2012 w. e. elston / suzumebachi design contact
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I work primarily in oil because I find it to be the most versatile medium for my expressive needs. Oils are transparent and opaque, wispy thin and scabrously thick, bright, dull, full of elegant finesse yet crudely workmanlike. A painting's attractive surface texture and its facture engage our appreciation as much as the external realities that the painting represents.