Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Occhuzzie sells hand-made artist grade oil paint in traditional jars, 65ml, 125ml & 150ml.
When using jars you can save the amount of paint used by wasting less. When you are finished with the paint on your palette you simply scrape it off and out it back in the jar. Pack it down, pour a thin layer of oil on the surface to prevent from oxidation and cover with wax seal.
We also sell in tubes for your convenience as well for easy traveling. The sizes are 40ml and 150ml.
Please visit our website at http://www.occhuzzie.com/
Feel free to contact us for all of your oil paint needs!
Occhuzzie announcement!
Occhuzzie Paint Company
HAND-CRAFTED Professional artist grade oil paint.
All 36 colors are in tubes!!!
That's right we said hand-crafted one color at a time. Single handed milling, jarring, tubing & labeling, we do it all by hand!
Our passion for quality oil paint shows in each batch that we make.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
LOOK WHAT'S NEW AT OCCHUZZIE!!!
Occhuzzie Paint Company is introducing their new Signature series, the "O" line in TUBES!!!
Yes we said tubes, 40ml and 150ml tubes of your favorite colors!
We took our 13 hottest sellers and put them in tubes to give artists the choice between our traditional jars or conventional tubes.
The "O" line consists of the following colors!
Alizarin Crimson
Flake White
Burnt Umber
Flemish White
Cadmium Red Light
Graphite
Cadmium Yellow Light
Titanium White
Cerulean Blue
Turkey Umber
Charcoal
Ultramarine Blue
Yellow Ochre
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Proud that Nelson Shanks uses Occhuzzie's Lead Whites!
Occhuzzie's name is growing rapidly among the art world. Mainly due to the popularity of our Lead Whites. Well known for their fine brushing & tonal qualities, artist's who are familiar with Flake white know there is no replacing it. Occhuzzie carries four different Lead Whites; Flake White A, Flake White AAA, Flake White Stiff, & a rare "Old Master" lead white called Flemish White. We pride ourselves as hand crafted high quality artist oil paint. All our Flake Whites are full bodied & very creamy, the best quality on the market.
http://www.occhuzzie.com/We are proud to a have world a renowned artist that uses our Lead Whites, American Portrait Painter Mr Nelson Shanks. Nelson is known for his many notable commissions including President Clinton, Princess Diana, Lord Spencer & The Holy Pope John Paul II among others.
He is a portrait painter, art historian & an art teacher at the prestegious Studio Incamminati in which he founded in Philadelphia, PA.
In 2006, Nelson was presented with the Governor’s Distinguished Arts Award, which recognizes a Pennsylvania artist of international fame whose creations and contributions enrich the Commonwealth. Among those contributions noted were his lifelong commitment to teaching and his establishment of Studio Incamminati.
He is a portrait painter, art historian & an art teacher at the prestegious Studio Incamminati in which he founded in Philadelphia, PA.
In 2006, Nelson was presented with the Governor’s Distinguished Arts Award, which recognizes a Pennsylvania artist of international fame whose creations and contributions enrich the Commonwealth. Among those contributions noted were his lifelong commitment to teaching and his establishment of Studio Incamminati.
http://www.nelsonshanks.com/
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Occhuzzie's "O" Signature Line will be available in TUBES as well as jars!
Occhuzzie is excited to announce that in early 2009 we will be introducing our "O" line of paint in TUBES! We wanted to give you the option of tubes as well as jars. The tubes will come in 2 sizes, 37ml & 150ml. This will also allow you to travel a little easier when you are on the go with your paints. Our "O" line will consist of our most popular colors for our loyal Occhuzzie customers. Remember we are here for you, and always listen to your needs! Go to our website at http://www.occhuzzie.com/ for more information coming soon!
Occhuzzie's January 2009 Featured Artist~Richard Garrett
I am a retired engineering professor and a novice painter, having just been introduced to the art community early this Spring. The underpinnings of engineering - especially mechanical engineering - require an understanding of mathematics and the ability to visualize and represent three dimensional objects. The development of computer graphics and computer aided design certainly makes it easier. It is one thing, however, to be able to mathematically model and represent visual models in three dimensions with the aid of the computer, but I found it was another matter completely to be able to create and paint realistic scenes on canvas from scratch.
I always had an interest in art but didn't brave art lessons until this March (2008). During my first few lessons I became so discouraged that I came close to walking out on the teacher. She was determined, however, to "round my engineering corners" and within a few weeks had me painting my first oil painting. I was hooked! By the end of the summer I had painted four subjects that I could be proud to show. Nothing I had ever done as an engineering professor gave me the satisfaction that painting did.
Because of an engineering background I found it fairly easy to create shapes. However, paint was by far the biggest and most frustrating medium I had ever encountered in my entire career. I found it difficult to create the range and tone of colors that I wanted, not to mention the difficulty of getting the oils to respond and behave the way I wanted them to. I thought that I had 'hit the wall' with my short-lived painting career. In October of 2008 I attended the Savannah College of Art & Design's Art Materials Show and met Lance and Brandi Main and their Occhuzzie Paint Company based in Charlotte, NC. Suddenly I was back in the more familiar technology world and learning about paint chemistry and paint mechanics, i.e., how do you get paint to move the way YOU want it to? There are underlying concerns regarding temperature, viscosity, adhesion, smoothness, reflectivity, resistance to fading and resistance to cracking. I confronted many of these material characteristics with white paint alone while trying to paint semi-transparent and translucent feathers of a snowy white egret in flight.
I have read other Occhuzzie testimonials and completely agree with their assessments on paint quality and reliability, on the handmade, beautifully vibrant colors, the great texture and Occhuzzie's bold venture into ground graphite and charcoal. And getting paint from jars is absolutely user friendly and very convenient. (I now try to stay away from cumbersome tubes.) But what interests me most about this family owned company is the great lengths they go to cordially answer ANY question you might have or make a concerted effort to find the answer for you. As a former research engineer, I am now developing an interest in the technology that's behind providing us 'oilers' with exceptional and professional grade materials. If you're like me, once you start dealing with the Mains you become a member of 'the family' and the frustrations inherent in dealing with this medium begin to fade. There are so many aspect about paint that I am learning from this young couple that it is hard for me to think of paint as .... well, just paint!
Dick Garrett
Beaufort, SC
I always had an interest in art but didn't brave art lessons until this March (2008). During my first few lessons I became so discouraged that I came close to walking out on the teacher. She was determined, however, to "round my engineering corners" and within a few weeks had me painting my first oil painting. I was hooked! By the end of the summer I had painted four subjects that I could be proud to show. Nothing I had ever done as an engineering professor gave me the satisfaction that painting did.
Because of an engineering background I found it fairly easy to create shapes. However, paint was by far the biggest and most frustrating medium I had ever encountered in my entire career. I found it difficult to create the range and tone of colors that I wanted, not to mention the difficulty of getting the oils to respond and behave the way I wanted them to. I thought that I had 'hit the wall' with my short-lived painting career. In October of 2008 I attended the Savannah College of Art & Design's Art Materials Show and met Lance and Brandi Main and their Occhuzzie Paint Company based in Charlotte, NC. Suddenly I was back in the more familiar technology world and learning about paint chemistry and paint mechanics, i.e., how do you get paint to move the way YOU want it to? There are underlying concerns regarding temperature, viscosity, adhesion, smoothness, reflectivity, resistance to fading and resistance to cracking. I confronted many of these material characteristics with white paint alone while trying to paint semi-transparent and translucent feathers of a snowy white egret in flight.
I have read other Occhuzzie testimonials and completely agree with their assessments on paint quality and reliability, on the handmade, beautifully vibrant colors, the great texture and Occhuzzie's bold venture into ground graphite and charcoal. And getting paint from jars is absolutely user friendly and very convenient. (I now try to stay away from cumbersome tubes.) But what interests me most about this family owned company is the great lengths they go to cordially answer ANY question you might have or make a concerted effort to find the answer for you. As a former research engineer, I am now developing an interest in the technology that's behind providing us 'oilers' with exceptional and professional grade materials. If you're like me, once you start dealing with the Mains you become a member of 'the family' and the frustrations inherent in dealing with this medium begin to fade. There are so many aspect about paint that I am learning from this young couple that it is hard for me to think of paint as .... well, just paint!
Dick Garrett
Beaufort, SC
As a mechanical engineer (retired) I was able to do mechanical drawings and enjoyed the drawing and shading. But as far as painting artistically, I 'knew' I would never be able to do so. I had always admired artists with the talent to express themselves through this medium. Earlier this year I became interested in photography and joined the Photography Club of Beaufort, SC, at the persuasion of the organizer of the club, Sandy Dimke. As it was, she turned out to be the guru who got me interested in the arts in general here in Beaufort.
In March I took a risk (for an engineer) and started art lessons with a talented local artist, Christine Bates. During the first lesson in charcoal I became so discouraged that I almost walked out on her. She was determined to "round my engineering corners" and within four weeks she had me painting my first painting - Tulips in Reflection - and I was hooked! The hardest part was to learn how to take criticism and count it as being constructive. By the end of the summer I had painted a representation of clear glassware, painted a statue of the Greek Goddess Artemis, and painted our son Dave on a Wave in Southern California. Nothing I had ever done as an engineering professor or as an athlete ever gave me the satisfaction that painting does, and it's a feeling that must be akin to individuals that feel 'born again'. No one, least of all myself, would have ever thought I would be presently painting a Christmas present for our two-year-old granddaughter, Riley. I'm trying to capture on canvas the excitement of one of her early trips to a beach where she witnessed her first jumping dolphins.
The ancillary benefits of this new hobby are several. First of all I need not concentrate on how my work is received by others. It just doesn't matter as much as the pleasure I get from doing it - certainly a departure from conducting engineering designs or analyses. Secondly, I can now happily share the feeling of being a part of the local art community where wife Gladys is a performing tap dancer. And lastly, as a former research engineer, I am developing an overlapping interest in the technology behind and within the art paint companies whose mission is to provide us with exceptional and professional grade media. Not bad for an old timer.
In March I took a risk (for an engineer) and started art lessons with a talented local artist, Christine Bates. During the first lesson in charcoal I became so discouraged that I almost walked out on her. She was determined to "round my engineering corners" and within four weeks she had me painting my first painting - Tulips in Reflection - and I was hooked! The hardest part was to learn how to take criticism and count it as being constructive. By the end of the summer I had painted a representation of clear glassware, painted a statue of the Greek Goddess Artemis, and painted our son Dave on a Wave in Southern California. Nothing I had ever done as an engineering professor or as an athlete ever gave me the satisfaction that painting does, and it's a feeling that must be akin to individuals that feel 'born again'. No one, least of all myself, would have ever thought I would be presently painting a Christmas present for our two-year-old granddaughter, Riley. I'm trying to capture on canvas the excitement of one of her early trips to a beach where she witnessed her first jumping dolphins.
The ancillary benefits of this new hobby are several. First of all I need not concentrate on how my work is received by others. It just doesn't matter as much as the pleasure I get from doing it - certainly a departure from conducting engineering designs or analyses. Secondly, I can now happily share the feeling of being a part of the local art community where wife Gladys is a performing tap dancer. And lastly, as a former research engineer, I am developing an overlapping interest in the technology behind and within the art paint companies whose mission is to provide us with exceptional and professional grade media. Not bad for an old timer.
Occhuzzie's December's Featured Artist~Kaytee Esser
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Kaytee Esser lives and works on her boat in beautiful Hilton Head Island, SC. She is known for her colorful paintings of boats, people, dogs, cats and horses.
Kaytee also teaches workshops in portraiture, pastel, oil, drawing and more.
Her paintings can be found in private collections in the US and Canada. She is an award winning artist with a B.F.A. in Painting from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.
Kaytee also teaches workshops in portraiture, pastel, oil, drawing and more.
Her paintings can be found in private collections in the US and Canada. She is an award winning artist with a B.F.A. in Painting from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.
Here is my story with Occhuzzie’s paints:
I am an oil painter that lives on a boat. I paint on my flybridge which can be very trying because my studio is very affected by the weather. I live in Hilton Head Island so the weather here is mostly very hot. I have been using a variety of paints but they all dry out really fast. I find I am constantly putting out more color. Then last year, I went to SCAD and found the Occhuzzie booth. I bought a Napthol Red because I use that color the most and I wanted to test out this paint in a jar. It turned out to be the best paint I ever bought. It stays fresh no matter what the weather is and really adds dimension to my work. I am looking forward to getting the rest of the colors on my palette. Thank you Occhuzzie Paint Company!
For Commission inquiry contact:
Kaytee Esser
Email: Kaytee@KayteeEsser.com
Website: http://www.kayteeesser.com/
Or Call: 843-476-9059
I am an oil painter that lives on a boat. I paint on my flybridge which can be very trying because my studio is very affected by the weather. I live in Hilton Head Island so the weather here is mostly very hot. I have been using a variety of paints but they all dry out really fast. I find I am constantly putting out more color. Then last year, I went to SCAD and found the Occhuzzie booth. I bought a Napthol Red because I use that color the most and I wanted to test out this paint in a jar. It turned out to be the best paint I ever bought. It stays fresh no matter what the weather is and really adds dimension to my work. I am looking forward to getting the rest of the colors on my palette. Thank you Occhuzzie Paint Company!
For Commission inquiry contact:
Kaytee Esser
Email: Kaytee@KayteeEsser.com
Website: http://www.kayteeesser.com/
Or Call: 843-476-9059
Saturday, December 13, 2008
American Artist article on Occhuzzie!
Drawing: Graphite and Charcoal in the Form of Oil Paint?
Occhuzzie Paint Company, a small manufacturer based in Charlotte, North Carolina, unveiled two new pigments at the Savannah College of Art & Design's Art Materials Show, held at the beginning of October. One featured ground graphite suspended in linseed oil, and the other featured ground charcoal in linseed oil. The graphite "paint" has an ever-so-slight sheen that betrays its roots, and the charcoal has the rich blackness one would expect. Lance Main, the founder of Occhuzzie, says he had underdrawings (underpaintings?) in mind when he came up with these two paints. The logic seems sound: Use charcoal or graphite that is already infused with linseed oil so the underdrawing is of the same material as the color portion of the painting.
Occhuzzie's paints seem well equipped to create excellent grisaille underpaintings, but how do they interact with mixing whites or titanium white? I'm sharing the samples Main gave me with some artist-friends to see what they think. Regardless of whether these two paints take off, Main is on to something. His handmade colors are gaining the respect of top-level artists. For more information, visit Occhuzzie's website at www.occhuzziepaintcompany.com. And check back here and in the pages of Drawing mag to see the results of artists' tests on these materials.
Graphite and Charcoal Paint@text:Blurring the boundary between painting and drawing are two new paints from Occhuzzie Paint Company: charcoal and graphite pigments. The family-owned business, which is gaining a reputation for high-quality handmade paints, infused powdered graphite and powdered charcoal with linseed oil to produce jars of paint. Used as an underdrawing, the paints could create a true grisaille if laid down as blocks of tone, or will sit under oil paint more stably as a linear underdrawing because it has already been fused with the oil. The two new paints are available in 125ml and 65ml jars. For more information, visit www.occhuzziepaintcompany.com.
Occhuzzie Paint Company, a small manufacturer based in Charlotte, North Carolina, unveiled two new pigments at the Savannah College of Art & Design's Art Materials Show, held at the beginning of October. One featured ground graphite suspended in linseed oil, and the other featured ground charcoal in linseed oil. The graphite "paint" has an ever-so-slight sheen that betrays its roots, and the charcoal has the rich blackness one would expect. Lance Main, the founder of Occhuzzie, says he had underdrawings (underpaintings?) in mind when he came up with these two paints. The logic seems sound: Use charcoal or graphite that is already infused with linseed oil so the underdrawing is of the same material as the color portion of the painting.
Occhuzzie's paints seem well equipped to create excellent grisaille underpaintings, but how do they interact with mixing whites or titanium white? I'm sharing the samples Main gave me with some artist-friends to see what they think. Regardless of whether these two paints take off, Main is on to something. His handmade colors are gaining the respect of top-level artists. For more information, visit Occhuzzie's website at www.occhuzziepaintcompany.com. And check back here and in the pages of Drawing mag to see the results of artists' tests on these materials.
Graphite and Charcoal Paint@text:Blurring the boundary between painting and drawing are two new paints from Occhuzzie Paint Company: charcoal and graphite pigments. The family-owned business, which is gaining a reputation for high-quality handmade paints, infused powdered graphite and powdered charcoal with linseed oil to produce jars of paint. Used as an underdrawing, the paints could create a true grisaille if laid down as blocks of tone, or will sit under oil paint more stably as a linear underdrawing because it has already been fused with the oil. The two new paints are available in 125ml and 65ml jars. For more information, visit www.occhuzziepaintcompany.com.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Occhuzzie's Newest Colors!
OPC is introducing 2 new colors!
Charcoal & Graphite!
The Charcoal is a rich gritty black, transparent, that is great for toning down values and creating shadows.
The Graphite is actual lead pencil in oil. A nice metallic luminous gray that will shine through on your paintings. Has large gray scale from dark rich to hard pencil light. Great for doing ground work and blending.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
OPC will be attending the SCAD Trade Show in October!
Occhuzzie Paint Company will be returning as a vendor at the Savannah College of Art & Design, Art & Materials Annual Trade Show.
The Show is in historic downtown Savannah, GA, featuring lectures, workshops, and a premier selection of artists' material available to the public for purchase at discounted prices.
Trade Show Hours:
Friday, Oct. 3, 9am to 5pm
Saturday, Oct. 4, 9am to 5pm
Sunday, Oct. 5, 10am to 3pm
The event is free & open to the public.
For more info visit www.scad.edu/tradeshow
Occhuzzie looks forward to seeing you there!
The Show is in historic downtown Savannah, GA, featuring lectures, workshops, and a premier selection of artists' material available to the public for purchase at discounted prices.
Trade Show Hours:
Friday, Oct. 3, 9am to 5pm
Saturday, Oct. 4, 9am to 5pm
Sunday, Oct. 5, 10am to 3pm
The event is free & open to the public.
For more info visit www.scad.edu/tradeshow
Occhuzzie looks forward to seeing you there!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Occhuzzie is now in Savannah!
Occhuzzie's paint line is now sold in ShopSCAD, located at 340 Bull Street in Savannah, GA.
ShopSCAD is a unique gallery store that exclusively features the artwork, and artful products of students, faculty & alumni of the Savannah College of Art & Design. Please visit them or their website at http://www.shopscadonline.com/
We are delighted to be in Savannah!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Naples Yellow
Due to high demand, we are currently out of Naples Yellow! Sorry for the inconvenience.
Friday, May 23, 2008
May's Featured Artist is Yuri Hayashi
Artist Statement ~Yuri Hayashi, St.Petersburg, FL
Water and stone, the pure materials is what lures me to begin the process of what I do. It holds my attention with limitless possibilities, pain, joy, and entices me with the way its lays down on canvas. At its purest I think of all of these things and nothing at all. The process is what is so seductive and captivating and why I am drawn to painting year after year. What can I do with water and stone, like alchemy, materials so common like mud or rotten rose buds and silver? How can I make them into something there not? Is it good enough? What if it is? These questions and the materials is what drives me to do what I do, push paint around till its something else. I am painter living and breathing this process. Composition and color are my tricks, like the magician is what I use to hold the viewer to decide what to make of it or how I did it. Just simply water and stone is where it starts.
Yuri yoshio hayashi
Water and stone, the pure materials is what lures me to begin the process of what I do. It holds my attention with limitless possibilities, pain, joy, and entices me with the way its lays down on canvas. At its purest I think of all of these things and nothing at all. The process is what is so seductive and captivating and why I am drawn to painting year after year. What can I do with water and stone, like alchemy, materials so common like mud or rotten rose buds and silver? How can I make them into something there not? Is it good enough? What if it is? These questions and the materials is what drives me to do what I do, push paint around till its something else. I am painter living and breathing this process. Composition and color are my tricks, like the magician is what I use to hold the viewer to decide what to make of it or how I did it. Just simply water and stone is where it starts.
Yuri yoshio hayashi
Color Theory Sets now available!
All the colors you need in a compact travel size set. Set includes Seven 22ml jars.
Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light, Camium Yellow light, Cerulean Blue, Hansa Yellow Light, Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue
Our newest color is Naples Yellow!
Pure Cadmium Yellow Medium (Concentrate). Only the highest grade oil paint contain chemically pure cadmium yellow. It is barium-free which gives you a stronger light fastness, & cleaner color. Very opaque and permanent. Average to slow driers. All our cadmium's are pure cadmium's which means they are very strong, vibrant colors. This will allow you a much larger color spectrum when mixing with other colors on your palette.You won't get a higher quality cadmium with the amount of paint we offer, for the the price we give you, anywhere.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
April's Featured Artist of the month is Prof Thomas Murray
Occhuzzie's April featured artist is Thomas Murray.Thomas Murray earned his Masters in Fine Arts degree at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He has received numerous awards such as the Florida Artists Fellowship and several awards of distinction. Widely collected throughout the Tampa Bay area and the United States, Thomas resides in Edinburg, Texas and currently teaches at the University of Texas-Pan American.
For more information visit his website at www.thomasmurrayart.com
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