“I learned how to collect pigments and make paint this way from my dad,” said Ms. Her late father Carl Beam made history in 1986 when his work was purchased by the National Gallery of Canada, the first for a contemporary First Nations artist, and paved the way for generations of First Nations artists after him. Her parents, Carl and Ann Beam, were both full-time artists. Traditional Western made paints are very plastic and disposable.
Beam strives to use healthy, sustainable ingredients in her paints, like honey from the land itself and her paints exceed Health Canada safety requirement by three times.
And in the Chatelaine Magazine, there is also a picture of the Beam Paints palette with the caption, “swap basic paints for a small-batch alternative made from Manitoulin honey, wildcrafted tree sap and high-quality pigments.”
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