Is there an oil vs. acrylic snobbery?

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2. i think it is a part of the artist as hero syndrome.

risking your life for your art makes you a hero, dont you know.

when i was in art school in the mid-80's, people were starting to realize that a lot of the cutting edge artists of the 60's were dying from the materials they had discovered and found so interesting. fiberglass and epoxies were the rage. and not for no reason. but the brain tumors followed right behind. eva hess for one.
we had to take a class on material safety, and a lot of people left oils over the dangers of turpentine and other solvents in the kind of tiny spaces that artists tended to inhabit.
my favorite teacher, christine ramberg, succumbed to this. brain cancer.

that has sort of faded from consciousness.
my youngest is a gamer, and follows a lot of dice makers on twitter. i see them showing off their epoxy creations, and just have to sigh.

i think the return to oils is the same. there really isnt anything you can do w oils that you cant do w acrylics. anyone who thinks there is needs to do more homework.