Paintstones are lightfast pigments, tree sap, and gum Arabic.  "When I make paint I think about my Dad a lot, he taught me when I was really small to identify hematite and look for paintstones. He kept them in his art bag in a little cloth wrapper, and when he needed paint he brought them out and prepared his paint for ceramic bowls, drums, or rocks. I wanted something of my paint making practice to share the tactile joy of the physicality of paint, and this is it!  These little jewels are also about our values and support our respect for the earth and being plastic free. They are wrapped in beeswaxed cloth or st Armand handmade paper with paper labels identifying the color name and are our answer to halfpans!" - Anong Beam, Founder of Beam Paints

Beam Paints results from a multi-generational love of pigment, paint, colour, and innovation. I was raised by my artist parents, Carl Beam and Ann Beam, and was taught from a young age how to harvest hematite pigment in the LaCloche mountain range near our home in M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Beam Paints draws on her early education in Indigenous pigment and expands it to encompass all paint traditions. A focus on high-quality pigment content creates sublime artist materials, with plastic-free packaging.