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The key development in the sixties was Frankenthaler’s turn from oil paint to acrylic.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Tools like looms, thread, fabric and dye are no less important than oil paint or ink.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2025
Where other directors, including Richard Linklater and Steven Soderbergh, have remarked on AI’s value as a tool, Miller has likened generative filmmaking to past creative revolutions, including the invention of oil paint and photography.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Underneath: thick yellowed oil paint that smears instead of stripping.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Tools like looms, thread, fabric and dye are no less important than oil paint or ink.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2025
Where other directors, including Richard Linklater and Steven Soderbergh, have remarked on AI’s value as a tool, Miller has likened generative filmmaking to past creative revolutions, including the invention of oil paint and photography.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Underneath: thick yellowed oil paint that smears instead of stripping.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Oil paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20paint. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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