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Meet the artist behind My Timeless Timber, a nature-inspired painter transforming fallen tree branches into one-of-a-kind works of art! Growing up in Fort Myers, Florida, she spent her childhood sketching...

Meet Vanessa, a printmaker, artist, and educator in Ashland, OR! Her work aims to encourage viewers to think about their relationship with the environment around them and their past actions...

Meet Mayuko Fujino, a self-taught paper cutout and stencil artist originally from Japan, now residing in Hudson Valley, NY. Her art, inspired by local nature and birds, combines a Japanese...

Artists around the world are digging into the science and history behind earth pigments and natural art. One such artist is Heidi Gustafson, founder of Early Futures, an artistic research site with a...

Cover Photo by Sarah Rauber Natural Earth Paint founder Leah Fanning had the chance to chat with dancer-turned-printmaker Marjorie Morgan this month; we hope you enjoy Marjorie's tips, recipes, and stories as...

Thanks so much, Rachel, for taking the time to speak with us about your eco-friendly painting journey! Let's get started! Could you please tell us about how your first got...

Catalina Christensen, eco-artist and pigment collector from Columbia, shared her secrets on household hacks for pigment processing and paint making during the 2021 Pigments Revealed Symposium. We're sharing some of...

Thank you so much, Morgan, for stopping by to chat with us about your amazing business, Open Hands Creative!For those in our audience you haven’t yet heard of your incredible...

Hi Kristen, thank you so much for chatting with us about your expressive and joyful creative practice! You describe yourself on your website as an “expressive art alchemist, author, designer,...

Thanks so much, Marghanita, for taking the time to speak with us about your artistic journey! Where did you grow up and how did this place influence you and your...

Aaron Glasson is an eco artist that we've always found truly inspiring on many levels. He is a New Zealand born Artist now based in the Mojave Desert. Since completing...

  Meet Ricky Lee Gordon Born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1984, Ricky Lee Gordon is an artist who creates natural landscapes using pigments and dyes found only in nature....

Stella incorporates natural materials into her work including a variety of Natural Earth Paint products: Refined Walnut Oil, Earth & Mineral Pigments, Eco-Solve, Natural Varnish, and Eco Gesso (see video at end of post). Thank you,...

Erica is a mixed-media artist who uses both reclaimed and natural materials, including our Earth & Mineral Pigments, for her fascinating 3-dimensional work. She's based in Portland, OR.  Thank you,...

Kristyan Stjerne is a surfer and artist based in Indonesia. He uses Earth and Mineral Pigments, Natural Acrylik Medium, Organic Cotton Canvas, and Gum Arabic throughout his work. Thank you to Kristyan, for taking the...

Melissa is a Canadian artist who resides in a rural farmhouse surrounded by landscapes that inspire her art. There she forages for flora to make her own botanical inks and...

Roberto Parada is an internationally known oil painter and illustrator, having been published in Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, ESPN The Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, and Huffington Post. Few people know...

Laura Zepeda is an inspirational earth artist in that she has completely invented her own tools, supplies and techniques using roughly crushed earth and minerals to make “paintings” that literally...

Eco artist, Pamela Hoke, has been on an artistic journey for many years to express nature as love through her writing and art.  She wrote the book “Natural Self Discovery,”...

Nature-based Artist, Michelle Gagliano, incorporates Natural Earth Paint into her organic art practice. The results are stunning!Interested in learning more about Natural Earth Paint artists? Visit our Eco Artists page!Follow us on...

Josh Tiessen has a fascinating and unusual story. As a child he was considered one of the world's top ten prodigy artists and the only known male art prodigy in...

Andrea Moni's art struck me with a sense of power and vulnerability the first time I saw it. And I fell in love with it even more after learning the...

David Popa has invented a breathtaking new art form that follows in the footsteps of Andy Goldworthy. He was born and raised in NYC and currently lives and paints in...

"Natural earth pigments are deep, full of secret beauty, holding stories waiting to be discovered. They’re slow and methodical. Soft and curious. For 10 years I have worked with landscapes...