About The Artist:
Donald Roy Purdy
Throughout the many years that Donald Purdy has painted, his subject matter and style have been very rich and diverse. His career as an artist began in abstract painting and later moved into combining the abstract mode with representational subject matter. Purdy continuously experimented with many means of expression. In the 1970's and early 1980's his palette was influenced by the Barbizon painters, but his technique combined the abstract with...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.