Jan Claire Painting: New Yorkers and Cow


	WORKS BY JAN CLAIRE
	Apples in Basket 10" x 12"	Oil on canvas Artist's Collection

In planning a series of painting seminars for beginners I decided to show them the techniques the "masters" used. For the Cezanne portion, I decided that one cannot paint in the manner of Cezanne without using apples, and this painting was an attempt to be Cezanne-like. The subject, however didn't fare as well. The apples were eaten immediately after their modeling job was over.

The marvelous color shows that water-mixable oils can be just as vibrant as their more toxic cousins. I use Winsor-Newton oils exclusively, as I have for 47 years, and since 1998 their water-mixable oils are all I use. I figure if they've been blending oil and pigment since 1832 they must be doing something right! I always recommend Winsor-Newton oil paints to students, and no, I'm not on their payroll.

A quick story: One time while studying with Helen Van Wyk - a noted proponent of Grumbacher paints - she asked me, "What oils do you prefer?" I answered "Winsor-Newton since I was 10 years old!" She looked at me with that special grin of hers and said, "Well, I suppose one has to do what one has to do!"