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Old 04-29-2005, 12:14 PM   #3
Virgil Elliott Virgil Elliott is offline
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Kim,

Michael Skalka is not in the business of selling products, whereas at Studio Products, they are. I would recommend paying serious heed to what Skalka says here, unless you don't care whether your paintings will change for the worse in the years to come.

Yes, it does get confusing when we hear about artists whose work we admire singing the praises of Maroger mediums. However, Rembrandt demonstrated very compellingly how well it is possible to paint without adding any resinous concoctions to oil paint. His medium was linseed oil, occasionally walnut oil. From a standpoint of archival quality, you couldn't do much worse than to add Maroger mediums to your paint. I have no doubt that you can paint every bit as well without it as with it. Do your collectors and your artistic legacy a favor by leaving such problematic substances out of your paints. You paint too well to sabotage your own works.

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