Mark Golden: Let me start by asking about your first interest in art — was there some time during childhood that you had an avid interest in drawing or any kind of visual arts? Sarah Sands: Nothing passionate.By the time I got to high school I had copied some album
When Sarah Sands wrote “The Subtleties of Color” in our last issue of Just Paint (#21) we assembled the entire Tech Support Services team to review the enormous number of exquisite drawdowns that had been created to then generate all the spectral data. All the members, being incredible color
We have an amazing person joining our six member Technical Support Services team, Amy McKinnon. If you have called or emailed GOLDEN, you know these folks provide an unequalled level of technical information. Amy describes in her own words, her journey to find her place here. Ulysses Jackson and Mike
You’d think we had to get hit on the head with a rock to recognize that if we provided visual artists with visual tools, we’d probably make our efforts to share information much easier. Well now we think we’ve got something to more closely meet your needs and desires. Due
I am a materials geek, a paint junkie, colored goo makes me tick. For years I thought it made a difference, what kind of goo you pushed around. I thought it defined you. As an artist you often search to define yourself. Your life becomes about self declarations. You must
Small Differences That Make All the Difference Every painter knows the dance, taking a few steps back from the painting, their head tilted slightly askew, the eyes pulled tight into a squint, or the hand held in front to block off an area from view. The to and fro of
Mark Golden: Jackie, this past June you published, The Artist’s Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love.What got you started on this journey? Jackie Battenfield: In 1989, I took eight years of experience running the Rotunda Gallery, a non profit exhibition space in Brooklyn, and decided to
Prior to being launched, the new line of GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics underwent a battery of testing to assure it met our standards as a professional artist product. These tests gave us a vast amount of data about the properties of this unique paint and valuable knowledge regarding its working properties.
By Dana Rice For the last five years, in my role as Product Manager at Golden Artist Colors, I’ve had the opportunity to work with and explore an incredible range of materials. Just when I thought I was getting a handle on all the different ways these acrylic tools
In 1980, Sam and Mark Golden put together a business plan to start a small paint company in upstate New York. The company, Golden Artist Colors, would focus on a niche market, producing high quality acrylic materials for professional artists, and would service artists by listening to their needs. Over
