stain

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Meyer Levinson-Blount, nominated alongside Oron Caspi for "Butcher's Stain," agrees.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Stain painting, made with thinned oil or acrylic pigments soaked into raw canvas, was heralded as abstraction’s next big advance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024

But it also inspired jokes about “Salt Stain Mary” and “the Viaduct Virgin,” and a play about “Our Lady of the Underpass,” described by the Chicago Reader in 2009 as both “hilarious” and “sometimes moving.”

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2024

After three additional rounds, the Mighty Stain was finally no more.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

“Saint Johnswort, he’s called. No blooms yet; it's too early for him. But when he blooms, you can get a lovely brown from his blossoms. Stain your hands though.”

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry