Oil painting is a language by which artists express and convey their emotions. It fulfills its functions through its visional effect and emphasizes individual feelings and cultural impacts.

And the academic view was unequivocal: the most talented artists used oil.

In others, artists, governments, andbusinesses have found creative and useful ways to reuse materials -- a plasticbottle may find itself reborn as artwork, a warm blanket, or fuel oil.