What’s the big idea? Throughout high school I loved working with oil paint. Traditionally oils were used to create highly detailed pieces due to its slow drying time and smooth blending abilities. But along came artists like Van Gogh, Matisse and Cézanne who used oils in a rather unusual fashion in their liberal, gestural application to create mere ‘impressions’ of reality. Almost as a nod to all the old masters mixed with the 19th century Avant Garde I employ a fine, detailed technique b...