Several oils, such as cottonseed oil and corn oil, are by-products of other industries.
In a different vein, several oils on paper are striking floral images in bright hues (although one is all black) on very light grounds.
Several oils of kimono-clad women near windows open to summer delights, notably "Bowl of Goldfish" (1912), evoke Bonnard's paintings on similar themes.
Oils "repair our bodies at a cellular level so when you are not sure which oils to use, don't be afraid to use several oils and the body will gain a myriad of benefits".
After peering at an African fertility headdress, a noted Degas bronze and several oils depicting plump and rosy nymphs cavorting in veils, Girl Scout Troop 1597 from Davidsonville, Md., paused before a painting called "The Widow" by George Bellows and gazed at its pale, drawn subject.
Organized by the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, the show presents several oils and more than 50 watercolors on parchment and vellum, ranging from the delicate "Thin-Leaved Asparagus" to the flamboyant "Josephine's March Lily," a many-stemmed amaryllis named for the Empress Josephine.
