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Some canvases cooperate. They take the paint, hold the mark, let you work. Others push back. This is about the ones that push back.

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Nobody warns you about the smell. Rabbit skin glue has this particular animal warmth that fills a studio and somehow makes you focus harder.

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There's a specific smell that comes off a painting when it's close to done. Not finished — close. Linseed oil warming under studio lights, pigment settling.

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