Attention Artists and Collectors! The following information is for those of you that want to know more about colors and history of liquid acrylics and how they are put together before a company retails it. This is important and is a wonderful opportunity to share and educate others....


Sap Green was made of the small berries from any shrub in the Buckthorn family, of which there are a handful of varieties. The Buckthorn is native to the near east, but has been cultivated in Europe since Roman times. The ripe berries could be used to make a pink dye, while the unripe berries produce a yellow juice or sap used to dye cloth and to make a yellow pigment called Sap Green. Green was and is the most popular color from the impressionist age. Green is a calming color and impressionist artists used in most if not all their paintings. I personally use it in all of mine, even when I mix sap green and indigo, I get a rich and fabulous glow in the dark tint. Most of you have seen my paintings and commented on dark areas. I do not use the color black nor the color white in acrylics or watercolors. When I mix sap green in oils I get the soft color of grass that is so calming to all my work once dry. Thank you for letting me share.

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Reframing Special Memories

My husband and I were trying to decide what to do with an architect's rendering of his family home which we got after his parents passed away. It had just been hanging up in our old living room, as is, and then when we had this room remodeled completely this winter, we decided that it just did not quite fit in. I asked Anabela's advice as what to do and she gave me good suggestions without really changing what meant most to my husband...just preserving the memory of his childhood home. Anabela chose the new matting and the new frame with such careful thought. Here is the finished project. Thank you Anabela for your very professional work!

 Marion from Springfield Virginia