Oil Paint
Oil paint is a slow-drying art medium made with pigment and a drying-oil binder that allows extended working time, smooth blending, and layered application.
Painter
Audrey Flack
Audrey Flack was an American Photorealist painter known for luminous still lifes, symbolic objects, religious imagery, and richly detailed surfaces.
Audrey Flack quick facts
Flack developed intensely detailed, photograph-based paintings and symbolic vanitas still lifes before shifting much of her career toward sculpture.
| Born | 1931 · New York City, New York, United States |
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| Died | 2024 · Southampton, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Movements | Photorealism; Abstract Expressionism (earlier) |
| Paint types | Oil Paint · Acrylic Paint |
| Painting surfaces | Canvas |
| Painting methods | Projecting or tracing photographic references, detailed layering, airbrush work, and oil applications over acrylic underpainting |
| Common subjects | Lipsticks, clocks, fruit, flowers, jewelry, religious statues, historical figures, and women's lives |
| Notable works | Macarena of Miracles · Leonardo's Lady · Queen · World War II (Vanitas) |
| Other practice | Sculpture and later large-scale paintings influenced by Renaissance and Baroque art |
Sources: The Met: Macarena of Miracles, oil on canvas, MoMA: Leonardo's Lady, oil over acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian: Queen, acrylic on canvas, PAFA: World War II (Vanitas), oil over acrylic, Smithsonian: Audrey Flack biography.
Paint types used
Flack worked in acrylic alone and oil over acrylic, with Queen cataloged as acrylic on canvas and Leonardo's Lady as oil over acrylic on canvas.
Acrylic Paint
Acrylic paint is a fast-drying, water-based paint made with pigment and an acrylic polymer binder. It is widely used in art and decorative projects because it is versatile and durable.
Surface types used
Her best-known Photorealist paintings are documented on canvas, including Macarena of Miracles, Queen, and World War II (Vanitas).
Canvas
Canvas is a woven fabric support, commonly cotton or linen, used for painting and sold either raw or prepared with a compatible ground layer.
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