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I love to hunt out a superb product! No matter what, you will find the very best product here, because that is my mission!

Our trade war has inspired me on to dig deeper, and closer to home in my quest for perfect products. I have NOT been disappointed!

Closest to home, I have found the remarkable 100% Canadian paint company, Beam Paints, in Ontario. This "artisan" paint company looks rustic, but behind the inviting artisan look is very careful crafting and extensive testing for all the right things: workability, colour permanence and health friendliness. These paints are AP rated yet are remarkably lovely to use, and reap spectacular results. They manufacture watercolours and gouache.

I also carry top rated watercolours and gouaches from Winsor Newton from England and Turner from Japan.

I have flushed out some amazing acrylics! Nobel, a Quebec company, manufactures Nobel Professional Grade Acrylics meet the same criteria. They are uniform in consistency, pigmentation levels, and have better slip than their much pricier renowned counterpart, Golden. Nobel's product is a deal! And they perform perfectly, and have the non-toxic AP safety rating. I still have my Golden products, for those of you who have deeply entrenched habits with this top-renowned American paint, but give the Nobel a try! You might just be delighted.

For oil paints, I am largely stickin' to Gamblin. They are heads and tails above the entire industry in quality, diligence and conscience and I cannot find a Canadian or non-American counterpart. They are all non-toxic, VOC free, and state-of-the-art in research and functionally. With these colours I have selected, you can achieve the most spectacular colours - any colour in the rainbow, WITHOUT the use of a single toxin. You can also do it with the complete thumbs up from the art conservation community. Note that for archival reasons and working properties, I still go state-side for the only white I recommend for oils: Gamblin FastDry Titanium white. It is alkyd (therefore faster drying), has superior film strength, highest tinting strength, and is non-yellowing. I go off-brand for my transparent primary yellow. For that, I carry Rembrandt or Winsor Newton, both from the UK.

I know you will love the paints I choose to carry. I hunt so that you don't have to!