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Golden News for February 2012

New Williamsburg Oil Colors Blog

Golden Artist Colors continues to engage the citizens of the art community with the launch of its new Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors blog. Williamsburg Oil Blog

Since the beginning, Williamsburg was always known as a ‘painter’s paint.’ Partly because the company founder, Carl Plansky, was first and foremost a painter. Everything he made was infused with a painter’s sense of touch and passion for color. The hours spent over a mill or mixer were in constant dialog with the hours spent in the studio. As the company grew, the dialog continued to expand far beyond Carl’s own paintings and practice to include the constant conversations and feedback painters provided when calling or visiting the factory and eventually, to the thousands of e-mails and other contacts with artists that Williamsburg has had over the years.

The launching of the Williamsburg blog is another step in that ongoing tradition. It is an invitation to artists for a discussion about the deep traditions and new discoveries that inform our craft and underlie our shared love for painting materials.

Heads-Up; Gallon Sizes Acrylic Glazing Liquid

GOLDEN Acrylic Glazing Liquid (AGL) was originally developed for use in Faux and Decorative Architectural applications. Its long open time was perfectly suited for sponging, glazing, subtractive techniques, marbleizing and wood-graining. Since its introduction, fine artists have also come to appreciate its slow-drying quality in their studio work. At the same time, Architectural VOC regulations have been gradually adopted by various jurisdictions (including California, Eastern Seaboard States, Great Lake Area States, and Canada), which prohibit the sale of gallon sizes of AGL for architectural uses.

While AGL is recognized as a fine art product, due to its history of marketing for use in the architectural field, we have decided the only way to ensure the product is supplied and used in compliance with the regulations is to offer it only in sizes of 32 oz. / 946 ml or less, such sizes being exempt from the architectural regulations. Gallon sizes of AGL in both gloss and satin are discontinued, effective immediately.

 

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