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About Me
- craigstephens
- I am an artist living in Northern California. In 1993 I graduated from U.C. Davis where I took classes from Wayne Thiebaud, Dave Hollowell and Roy DeForest. I currently teach art at Chana High School in Auburn California. On this blog I have posted 1000 paintings in as many days. Lately I have not been as strict with my painting schedule although I still update this blog regularly. I want to do some larger paintings that may take me more than a day to complete. Unless marked otherwise, these paintings are for sale. Please direct all purchase enquiries to Elliot Fouts Gallery. If you are unsure about the availability of a painting, please don’t hesitate to email me.
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These paintings are really fun to look at, and the paint is so lovely. What do you paint these on? And is it just straightforward oil paint, no thinners? Or acrylic?
Thanks for the question!
I paint most of my still-lifes on gesso primed baltic birch plywood. Regular birch ply would probably due just fine but baltic doesn't have any gaps and doesn't warp as easily.
All my paintings are done in oils. I sometimes will mix a little Liquin with the paint for the underpainting. It dries pretty fast and I can speed that up with a blow dryer if I feel the need. The Liquin also dries with a pretty sturdy paint film so my subsequent layers don't lift the underpainting. Other than that, I don't typically use any mediums.
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