Ignite Gallery
- Welcome to Ignite Gallery
- Purchasing Oil Paintings
- Ignite Gallery ~ Past and Present
- History of Oil Painting
- Relax and enjoy .....
~ Don Phillips ~
Don Phillips is a self taught artist born in the West Midlands. Painting has always been a great passion of Don's.
Having spent 30 years in the printing trade, Don's keen observation and skillful use of colour has resulted in some vibrant and often humorous paintings.
History of Oil Painting
The history of the development and use of oil painting is a fascinating and complicated one. As no two authorities agree about its inception, use or manufacture, we have to accept that it came into prominence about the middle of the fifteenth century and that it was a development from tempera painting.
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