Oil, 11x14&quot;)<br>
      When I encountered this scene,<br>
      it reminded me of a painting I had recently seen<br>
      by the great Albert Handell.</i></td>
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Oil paint consists of pigment suspended in a vegetable-based oil. The oils 
used are drying oils, which is to say that left exposed to air for a length of 
time, they eventually cure through an oxidation process and become hard and 
permanently affixed to the painting surface. Linseed oil is the most common