Painting to See

Painting to See

What's an Acceptable Level of "Clean"?

Cleaning my oil palette leads to some thoughts.

Jun 16, 2024
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What's an acceptable level of "clean" for a palette? This is the question I asked myself when I returned to my summer studio and found my OpenBox M palette thickly encrusted with dried paint. There was so much old paint that any fresh paint laid out would smear onto the lid—if I could even close it at all.

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