About The Artist:
Elizabeth Barsham
I was born in Tasmania. My ancestors were among the first European settlers here, and I grew up with stories of the land as told by the English invaders. After leaving school in Hobart I spent two or three years travelling in the Australian outback before settling in Melbourne, where I studied oil painting. I have been a practising artist since the 1980s, painting and exhibiting more or less full-time, but teaching adults to draw and paint to...
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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.