Breaking Bad Habits

Before I go into any great detail with recipes and any other materially relevant information, I thought I might position my relationship with materials, mediums and other substances, sometimes used in the practice of and observation of painting........as a fusion of old meets new - voila - and there you have it - a personal material methodology honed out studio based practice.

Painting will kill you - yes that's correct, if you do not practice safe painting that is exactly what will happen - lung disease - your hair will fall out [ my bald friend PT told me that] but seriously, young students in particular - right from the word go -PRACTICE SAFE PAINTING.

I am a devotee of a non toxic studio environment - if you follow safe painting practices you will find yourself catapulted back in time to a place where the Old Master Painters used, not always, but current research illustrates that they used fast drying - natural and non toxic materials and mediums in the construction and conditioning of paint - lets not forget lead paint you say - and of course I acknowledge that. However, if we 'research' the material methodologies of our fore fathers you will find not only supporting documentation that will assist in your studio based material research but you will expand your material knowledge base,  AND through a process of discovery - you will begin to develop your own personal painting METHODOLOGIES.