SAFETY ARTICLES

Angela Batchelor currently lives in Twin Falls, Idaho with her husband, two sons, dog, and a small flock of chickens ...

Barb Witlin currently has two paintings in the Omnibus 3D virtual gallery in Dresden Germany. She also is featured in ...

On Pigments by Debu Barve -- Remember c o l o r s ?  This question sounds silly because we ...

A guest article by Kimberly Brooks. I never buy the Financial Times. But it was pink, it was in the ...

By Kimberly Brooks "The View From Here" 60 x 48 inches Oil on Linen I remember the first time I ...

As an artist who is very sensitive to the traditional solvents used in oil painting, I have been searching for ...

Acrylic paints often contain small percentages of formaldehyde or ammonia as preservatives. These can cause allergic reactions in some individuals, ...

Iron oxide is possibly the single most common pigment used in oil and acrylic paints. Powdered aluminum is used in ...

According to the Chemical Abstract Service, there are now over 50 million chemicals listed in their catalogues. New chemicals are ...

Recently the Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety (ACTS) people in New York called for the repeal of the labeling of ...

At one point, cadmium red was thought to be a safer alternative to vermilion (cinnabar). Because of the mercury in ...

Recently, a highly regarded art supplies manufacturer closed up shop and sold everything to a much larger company, agreeing to ...

It is common for an art student to show up for the first day of painting class and discover that ...

Historically, lead-based white was the pigment used in art, for hundreds of years.  But of course, lead is toxic and ...

Recently, some folks have been marketing raw pigments for making "non-toxic" paints at home. This is the oldest mistake in ...

Almost as valuable and expensive as gold, vermilion was the unique red pigment demanded by the rich and powerful throughout ...

A synthesized “nature-identical” Oil of Spike Lavender has recently been made commercially available in the United States. This oil is ...

We finally released the brush soap everyone has been asking for. This new Organic Brush Soap is made from organic ...

Artists are becoming increasingly aware of health issues related to solvent exposure in the studio. Many art schools are now ...

My motto, “Take Time to Find the Unseen” is realized through Symbolism, the language of my art. I explore the ...

This is a guest article written by Peter Campbell, the highly regarded artist, workshop presenter, and video producer whose work ...

At The Art Treehouse, one very common question asked by artists concerns the shipping of art materials by air, or ...

In recent years issues of toxicity and the environment have been at the forefront of concerns for artists who wish ...

I am an artist with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS, a physical reaction to even the smallest amount of a variety ...

JK Thorsen has a new December show at the Connect Gallery in Omaha. JK is a full time artist with ...