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Boys Swimming, 9" x 12", oil on linen, 1999, Private Collection

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F. Kallop, 13" x 15", oil on paper, 2002, Private Collection

Oil study is the phrase I use for paintings that are done as pure and simple exercises that delight the heart or mind, or in rare instances both. The painting, "Boys Swimming" is an invention that was done in the studio. The portrait "F. Kallop," was done from life with a limited earth palette.

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