Acrylic gesso not only protects raw canvas from the deteriorating effects of oil paints but also creates a smooth and resilient surface that allows oils and acrylics to perform at their very best.

Gesso has an absorbent quality that prevents paint from bleeding or seeping when it's used as a primer on canvas, panel, paper, or other substrates. Before creating a painting of any kind—whether ...

“Jule Korneffel: here comes trouble” at Spencer Brownstone Gallery, installation view: (left) “Fly” (2018), acrylic, vinyl, gesso on canvas, 96 x 68 inches; (right) “Sunset” (2019), acrylic, vinyl, ...

Adam Pendleton brings his geometric artworks to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Stephanie Rudig - Freelance Writer Black Dada (D/D), Adam Pendleton, silkscreen ink and black gesso on canvas, ...

Ethan Hoskins, Week 33 "walk away” (2023), conte, compressed graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, acrylic, gesso on raw canvas, 60 x 72 inches (all images courtesy the artist) “What draws you to an ...