M. Graham & Co. AZO Orange Oil Paint

I buy M. Graham & Co. oil paints for my 89-year-old mum who has been painting most of her life; received a Fulbright scholarship because of her grades & skills when she was younger; received a degree in Commercial Art from Marylhurst University; worked as a commercial artist designing chandeliers & sconces for churches & cathedrals; taught oil painting, fine art, & calligraphy; & has had her artwork displayed in many galleries. I bought her an initial set for her to try out as she has been displeased with the declining quality of Grumbacher Professional Oils, so I did some research & noticed that not only that M. Graham paints were rated very high by professional painter but liked the fact that M. Graham & Co. was founded 25 years ago by two artists with a passion for oil painting, who graduated with fine art degrees in the 1970s, exactly at the time when artists were beginning to voice concerns about the health effects from toxins in their art materials. They set out to create a fine art supply company that would serve artists by providing them with safe, high-quality, solvent-free oil colors that would be worthy of the masters. M. Graham is a pioneer in bringing back the traditional art of hand-crafted, small batch paint made with the historic natural bases of walnut oil & honey. This really attracted me to their products as the fumes from my mum's painting always bothered me & gave me a headache. The best part of this story though, is that now that my mum has tried them, she loves them much more than the Grumbacher oil paints she used for decades; I don't get headaches from her painting anymore; she is painting more and is much happier; & I am happy she is happy & that she is using a product that is environmentally friendly & healthier to use than the linseed products & solvents & cleaners. I will be purchasing many more M. Graham products for my mum, so the only con is to my wallet, which really is not a bad thing as her artwork brings joy to her & others.