About The Artist:
Daniel Maffia
Daniel Maffia is a French-American visual artist best known for his paintings. Born in Nevers, France, Maffia's family moved to Brooklyn when he was 12. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in 1961, Maffia cultivated a reputation in New York as an illustrative painter, his work often commissioned for use on the covers of such publications as Time, Rolling Stone, New York, Esquire, and Mother Jones. His most...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.