In Patti Brady’s book, Rethinking Acrylic, Radical Solutions for Exploiting the World’s Most Versatile Medium, she explores the versatility of the acrylic medium and its ability to mimic oil paint, watercolor, gouache and encaustic. She demonstrates how it can be applied in subtle transparent washes or troweled on as
By Patti Brady When I first heard about the new Digital Mixed Media products, I was totally flummoxed. The word “digital” meant that I was in deep trouble. I have enough trouble sizing my digital images, much less the idea of messing with printers or software programs like Photoshop®! I
I think that after a 60-year history of acrylic coatings that we would have a good understanding, with very specific data, on the longevity of acrylics in outdoor environments. I have seen exposure test samples of original acrylics from the Rohm & Haas test facility outside Philadelphia of a coated
After years of collaboration with our customers and suppliers, our research and development team at GOLDEN is proud to see the fruits of our labor rolled out as a truly innovative new paint system, GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics. GOLDEN OPEN represents the culmination of years of our chemists’ lives, thinking, brewing
QUESTION: What brushes are best suited for use with GOLDEN OPEN? ANSWER: As with any artist material or technique, it is results that count, and brushes are no exception to the rule. Indeed, which brush you choose can play a critical role in allowing these revolutionary paints to achieve their
The artists interviewed included John Griefen, an artist and collaborator with Sam and Leonard at Bocour and one of our first customers; Patrick Fiore, an accomplished artist and a studio arts professor who was one of the first to try out the early versions of OPEN; Barbara Dickerson, an incredibly
By Scott Bennett Introduction What is an “Experimental Product”? GOLDEN Experimental Products are a series of limited-production, custom materials made available to the professional artist wishing to engage in experimentation and push the technical boundaries of their work with developmental materials. Although availability is limited, all GOLDEN Experimental Products have passed
Event Celebrates 10 Years, Honors Foundation Director’s Retirement & Raises Thousands for Endowment On Saturday, October 6, 2007, the Sam & Adele Golden FoundationSM for the Arts held its second Silent Art Auction Benefit at Golden Artist Colors, Inc. in New Berlin, N.Y. The auction featured artwork from more than
By Ben Gavett Water, nature’s universal solvent, is the most common and most vital compound on Earth. However, even though water covers the majority of our planet’s surface, the increasing scarcity of potable fresh water is of growing concern in many regions of the world. In addition to nourishment,
By Sarah Sands Introduction The intertwining history of paint and print, of the weightless image and the tactile touch of brush on canvas, is both a long and complicated one. For much of the last century photography and painting developed along very divergent lines, their unique materials and processes keeping
