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Oil Paint
Oil paint — pigment suspended in a drying oil, typically linseed — has been the dominant painting medium since the fifteenth century. It dries slowly, allowing extended blending, and produces a rich, luminous surface. Available from dozens of manufacturers at student through professional grades.
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Richter's oil paint is purchased in bulk cans and strained through muslin by his assistants. He applies it with a custom Perspex squeegee, wide-headed brushes, and palette knives. Specific paint brand not publicly documented.
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Saville's primary medium is oil paint applied in thick, sculptural layers. She drags, smears, and sculpts the paint with obsessive energy, building up visceral surfaces on massive canvases often exceeding 7 feet in height. Specific paint brand not publicly documented.
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Wiley's primary medium is oil on canvas with smooth application and painstaking erasure of visible brushwork, reminiscent of Flemish and Northern Renaissance painting. Some works combine oil and enamel, and gold enamel on canvas. Specific paint brand not publicly documented.
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Primary medium is oil paint on wooden panels. Mann deliberately avoids endorsing specific brands, stating "It matters not the materials that one uses." His process is intensely physical — using rubber brayers, custom scrapers, household paint rollers, solvent washes, door jams, and windshield wipers.
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Oil paint is Brown's "desert island medium." She strongly advises against Winton (W&N student grade), calling it "waxy and awful." Most works are oil on linen; some are oil on aluminum. Specific preferred brand not publicly documented.
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