Mark Burckhardt

      
      Mark Burckhardt  "The Alliance"

I don't know how he does it, but Mark Burckhardt manages to create strange, contemporary paintings which appear as if they are hundreds of years old.  The crackled pigments and wooden style are a nod to colonial Americana and old Flemish masterpieces, while the subject matter deals with the tension and ambiguity of modern life. 

Comments

[Charles Frederick Vincent]

Could be something like this used very carefully(?)
http://www.goldenpaints.com/technicaldata/crcklpst.php

[John C]

The way art forgers have traditionally aged their work is to bake it in an oven. This shrinks the paint and causes the familiar craquelure effect.