Oil or Acrylic paintings are waterproof no matter what they're painted on
(except paper...but canvas and wood are not hurt by rain or snow).
I never saw the black velvet paintings, maybe they were finally gone by the
time I moved there. LOL
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On 2/16/09 12:38 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe Chris Crawford can confirm this, but several years ago, I visited
>> Santa Fe, and took in some of the local galleries. At one, there were lots,
>> and I mean lots of paintings on black velvet, presented in the most
>> pretentious way. It was so opressive.
>>
>
>
> I know that those things are impervious to rain and snow. There was an
> "artist" up in Muskegon Michigan that would display his wares on a street
> corner almost every day in the year, no matter the weather conditions. No,
> he never covered them or had a shelter. Just worked out of his van.
>
> AG
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