In the creation of my work, I use the best Belgian linen and aged marine-grade plywood supports. The pigments are hand-ground; this produces larger grains that, suspended in the oil medium, produce better, more saturated color. The medium or vehicle is a combination of cold-pressed linseed oil, turpentine, litharge of lead (a dryer) and mastic varnish. The products were recorded in the inventories of seventeenth-century painters, and I admire their varied results, whether in the freedom and verve of Ruben’s fluid execution or the contemplative quality of Vermeer.

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