Beam Paints

@beampaints

Plastic free art supplies, lightfast pigments, tree sap, Indigenous family entrepreneurship❤️💛🧡💚💙💜shipping from Ontario 🇨🇦 and Illinois 🇺🇸
Followers
111k
Following
1,605
Account Insight
Score
64.07%
Index
Health Rate
%
Users Ratio
69:1
Weeks posts
Beam Paints started when I wanted to reconnect with the way my father taught me to make paints when I was a kid, and pass that knowledge down to my sons. Image 1: my dad, artist Carl Beam, making paints in the 80’s on the hood of our blue station wagon. 2: him with a bowl he made with gathered clay and pigments and me in the background 3. Me in the middle of it all, learning traditional knowledge as physical everyday part of life. 4. Me in the paint shop, my fathers paint studio built with adobe earth bricks, now making paints for the artists of the world. 5: tools and rocks of the trade #beampaints #indigenous #familybusiness #plasticfree #watercolor
2,058 71
2 years ago
Our paints are always made with pure pigments and vegan binders (tree sap power🌳) and packaged plastics free, from the pan to the packing! We delight in imagining ways to deliver art supplies to inspire! These colors were made to tell your story! #beampaints #indigenous #plasticfree #design #watercolor #artsupplies calligraphy by @quillspaper ❤️
671 7
2 years ago
Swipe thru to see our FAQ and 🎨 Comment DEAL to get 10% off your next order! We are a small indigenous family business set in M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario. The worlds largest freshwater island, about 6 hours north of Toronto. We’re easiest to reach by email [email protected] #beampaints #smallbusiness #notamazon #familybusiness
519 365
1 year ago
Imperfects are back! While supply lasts! No tariffs on US orders! As we make wonderful paints in our workshop sometimes the unexpected strikes and we make mistakes, like a double of the same color, a “wrong” color or accidentally splashed when were watering our shop plants (it’s worth it for a giant monstera and a hibiscus tree!) this is a mystery pack and a great starter to try our colors if you’re not fussy! This time we have mystery paintstone duos! Each set includes a pair of randomly selected paintstones from our overstock of core colors, accidental one-off batches, limited edition shades, or stones with minor label wrinkles. They are random from over 80 colors so it will be a good chance of a wide range of colors but it’s still random! #beampaints #watercolor
393 11
21 hours ago
Deepest Gratitude to @artcaninstitute for sharing an image of my mother and I, of both of our paintings, and including us in this list of remarkable artists. I am so grateful to my mother for the beautiful life and education she gave me. #annbeam #beampaints #repost @artcaninstitute “Repost from @artcaninstitute • What Canadian art will you be looking at on Mother’s Day this Sunday? For inspiration, check out these works, including Annie Pootoogook’s “3 Generations.” Visit the link in our bio to read our newsletter. Image Credits: 1/ & 3/ Annie Pootoogook, “3 Generations,” 2004–5, collection of John and Joyce Price. 2/ Mary Pratt, “Jelly Shelf,” 1999, courtesy of Equinox Gallery, Vancouver; Barbara Pratt (@barbarapratt_artist ), “Afternoon Tea,” 2020, courtesy of the artist. 3/ Napachie Pootoogook, “My Daughter’s First Steps,” 1990, Canadian Museum of History (@canmushistory ), Gatineau. 4/ Dorothy Knowles, “Emma Lake 2,” 1981, Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, “Summer in Bloom,” 2023, courtesy of Han Modern & Contemporary (@han.modern.contemporary ), Montreal. 5/ Rutherford, “Earnscliffe, PEI,” 1978, Confederation Centre Art Gallery (@confedcentre ), Charlottetown; Susana Rutherford (@firehorse.studios ), “Anne and the Snow Queen,” 2021, courtesy of the artist. 6/ Jessie Oonark, “Untitled,” 1972, National Arts Centre (@nac.cna ), Ottawa; Victoria Mamnguqsualuk, “Legend,” 1993. 7/ Ann Beam, “Corona,” 2003, courtesy of Estate of Ann Beam; Anong Migwans Beam (@anongmigwansbeam ), “Beaver Pond Overflowing,” 2014, courtesy of the artist. #anniepootoogook #napachiepootoogook dorothyknowles catherineperehudofffowler ericarutherford susanarutherford marypratt barbarapratt jessieoonark victoriamamnguqsualuk annbeam anongmigwansbeam canadianart canadianartist indigenousart visualart mothersday mothers daughters artcanadainstitute
89 2
1 day ago
I had to order this paintable poster from @brunopress as soon as I saw it! The concept is great, I love a beautiful watercolor kit, but it feels amazing to support a local artist! If you’re in my area, go check out the classes that @brunopress offers. The paint samples are from @beampaints , an indigenous-owned paint company that creates handmade watercolors from natural pigments and tree sap. I love the shimmer of the gold and hibiscus colors!
137 7
4 days ago
Design inspired by nature, and the beauty of natural materials #beampaints
107 1
5 days ago
Paints that can fit in your pocket! #beampaints #watercolor #letterpress
86 4
7 days ago
CHECK OUT THIS NEW PAINT KIT! A while back I created an 8-color reduction print inspired by a quote from Bad Bunny: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” I filled it with Puerto Rican-inspired flowers, foliage, and a tiny coquí frog tucked into the artwork as a little love note to culture, beauty, and resilience. After printing the full-color edition, I pulled fresh black key-block prints on dreamy 110# Cranes Lettra paper and started wondering… what if people could paint their own? So I reached out to the wildly talented folks at Beam Paints — an Indigenous woman-owned watercolor company creating handmade paints from natural pigments and tree sap on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. I printed designed and printed custom paint cards and shipped them off along the posters, and they sent back these absolutely gorgeous little paint sets that honestly feel like magic. 🌈 Now these DIY paint kits are headed out into the world so people can gather around a table, drink wine, make a mess, paint with friends, and create something meaningful with their own two hands. Old-school letterpress meets handmade watercolor joy. It feels WAY better than doomscrolling and you can pop it in a frame and dazzle folks with your talent! ❤️ Can’t wait to see how people bring these posters to life. Tag me when you paint yours because I wanna see EVERY version. #badbunny #paintkit #diy #collaboration
390 28
10 days ago
Repost @goodatlas.ca “Beam Paints are handmade locally! Their signature Paintstones are half-pan sized watercolours made from lightfast pigments, gum arabic, and maple sap. New products: Beam travel brushes and tons of gifting sets!” @beampaints #beampaints #arthaul #artsupplies
346 12
12 days ago
Marshlands is a palette inspired by the rich generative wetlands in the Great Lakes region. All natural earth pigments and natural mica sparkle, set of 12 paintstones in a tin, all the natural hues, handdug pigments and ochres, and even a little indigo in the lake trout color, make this the perfect palette for painting in and with nature. Color include: Red Willow, Violet Grey Earth, Acorn, Northern Pike, River Rock, Salamander, Chickadee, Steelhead, Pickle, Field Mouse, Thundercloud, and Lake Trout #beampaints #naturalearth #watercolor #plasticfree
238 16
15 days ago
Happy #earthmonth we love to celebrate these values all year long! And you can always expect to find our paints and supplies packaged #plasticfree and designed to make you smile! 🐢🌈🌈🌈#beampaints #indigenous #plasticfree artsupplies
134 2
17 days ago