“It’s not just a brush, it’s an experience. A ritual. It’s life changing and it’s your life.”
Victor Lindop
Artist Spotlight: Judy Stach
"Painted sea and Sky Commission with your Cloud Brushes! Cannot live in this World without your help!" - Judy Stach, 2025 Judy Stach’s paintings reflect an intimate understanding of life along the shore, with seascapes and landscapes coming alive with children at play, sailboats breezing by, and gardeners lovingly tending flowers. Her paintings are displayed in public, private and corporate collections nationwide and in Europe, and her works have been featured in publications, including The New York Times and The Artist’s Magazine, since 1999. She is an Emeritus Member of the Salmagundi Club and an Elected member of Audubon Artists, both in New York City. She holds Signature Status in the American Impressionist Society and Plein Air Florida. Judy is also the founder of The Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast. She has studied with some of America’s finest…
Nicola Dale’s Brushes
"Whenever I tell people I'm an artist, they usually reply: “What do you paint?” and I feel a rising sense of confusion as I respond, “Oh, I don’t paint at all…” (That’s not to say I don’t like painting. A successful painting is always magical: how amazing it is that this gloopy, sticky, unruly stuff transforms into image, idea, feeling. At school, I imagined that if I became an artist, I would surely be a painter?! At that time, painting and drawing were all I really knew. But that’s not how things turned out. As I moved into higher education, I realised very quickly that I was not a painter at all. My skills lie elsewhere.) “…I work in the crevice between sculpture and performance.” Another way of saying this is: I’m interested in how people, objects and actions come…
New Day by Markus Neal Humby
"Rosemary's Ivory long filberts are a great choice for acrylic paints. They hold a lot of medium viscosity paint, so you can cover and/or blend a large area quickly and opaquely. They are resilient brushes that clean up easily and retain their flat shape with rounded corners, which are preferable to square-cut brushes for smooth blends and also provide a blending action when using the side of the brush." - Markus Neal Humby Artwork courtesy of Markus Neal Humby. Visit his website here, and find our Ivory Long Filberts on our website.
Artist Spotlight: Brittany Dixon
Please share a bit about yourself, as an artist, but also as an individual! I’m a self-taught oil painter from the Gold Coast, Australia. My wish is to create art that evokes a magical sense of escapism and inspires viewers to get lost in the soul-stirring beauty of nature. I fell in love with painting while studying Communications at university and began to appreciate the peaceful escape that creating art gave me. I started painting every day and never stopped! What do you like to create and why? Animal portraiture has played a big role in the foundation of my career as an artist, and painting custom pet portraits for people is something that fills me with joy and purpose. I see it as an honour when a client trusts me enough to capture the animals they love so much…
Choosing The Right Brush by Susan Lyon
"I am a huge fan of Rosemary Brushes for two reasons. First is the marvellous variety, craftsmanship, and love of excellence they infuse into each and every one of their products. I am not aware of another brush company that makes so many different styles specifically tailored to the needs of the professional oil painter." - Susan Lyon [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbqwnp3ORp4[/embedyt] Find Susan Lyon's Set on our website, here. Visit our YouTube channel for similar videos.
Artist Spotlight: Aine Divine
My name is Aine Divine. I am a painter and art teacher. I’ve lived in Scotland for nearly 30 years and come from Cork in Southern Ireland. I’ve always been intrigued by all things creative. From an early age, I drew and painted a lot. My mum, the head of the local school, encouraged all of us children to be creative. She would read stories, and then we would illustrate them. One of my earliest memories is drawing Toad of Toad Hall in prison, after she read us that chapter from The Wind in the Willows. I am especially interested in drawing and painting people. The third eldest of seven, I always had models around to draw. My youngest sister Rita, particularly, who was born when I was 13, modelled- awake and asleep- for my early paintings. I’m very inspired…
Firmest to Softest Brush Ranges – Quick Guide
Here is a quick guide to the different characteristics of our brush ranges. Please note these charts do not take into consideration how synthetic fibre and natural hair/bristle compare to each other. You can find even more information about our brushes here!
Teachers’ Set – Stephanie Deshpande
Stephanie Deshpande is a realist painter based in northern New Jersey, recognized for her psychological portraits and narrative paintings, which often blend realism with personal allegories. She also enjoys painting florals and pet portraits, exploring a range of subjects with a subtle interplay of light and shadow. Her paintings delve into hidden emotions and capture the quiet drama of everyday moments. Deshpande earned her BFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, followed by the prestigious Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship to attend the Yale Summer School of Music and Art. She went on to receive her MFA from the New York Academy of Art, where she studied under renowned artists such as Vincent Desiderio, Steven Assael, Jon DeMartin, and Martha Erlebacher. In addition to painting, Deshpande enjoys mentoring artists and teaching both in-person and online. She currently teaches…
Teachers’ Set – Kami Mendlik
Introducing one of our new Teachers' Sets, the Kami Mendlik Set! Kami Mendlik is a nationally and internationally recognized oil painter, whose primary focus is the study of light and color in the landscape. In 2008, she founded the St Croix River School of Painting in Stillwater MN, where she teaches the fundamentals of representational painting with a special emphasis on color. In January of 2014 she purchased a 16-acre farm just North of Stillwater Minnesota, where she converted a 100-year-old hip roof barn into her studio and the St Croix River School of Painting's new location. The property is a landscape painters dream with endless inspiration for painting. "I LOVE Rosemary Brushes! Love! For years, I resisted trying them, thinking the brushes didn’t make the painter. Finally, I was gifted one and seriously, painting became even more fun! The…
