How I work

I paint solely on wood panel now because I don’t like the way canvas presses in. I painted on canvas for over twenty years until discovering panel and other boards. I usually apply 5 to 15 layers of various thicknesses of glaze mixed from oil paints and alkyd from the famous art supply manufacturer Gamblin. It makes for more transparency and helps the oil paint dry faster. I keep applying layers with either a palate knife or flat brush until the right colors are obtained with a balance of mixing and separation of colors. That means I try to use pure colors without mixing, but then blend when necessary to achieve colors that can’t be purchased.