Oil Paintings

When using oil paint, I’m able to slow down and push my emotions into each stroke of my paintings. Oil dries slower than most paint, meaning that it is pliable throughout the session and the same paint can transform many times until the painting is complete. Sometimes I will add a color to the canvas with my palette knife and in the next stroke, change it entirely! Oil paint feels similar to a dance — in some ways I know what step to take, and in other ways I never know what may come next. I love surprising myself with that *perfect stroke* that can sometimes make all the difference. Using my palette knife often forces me to let go of my perfectionism and accept things just the way they turn out sometimes. A life’s lesson in itself.