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Nov 26

Seattle Painting Contractor Certified By Fine Paints of Europe

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Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) November 19, 2012

John Shearer, proprietor of Shearer Painting recently joined a short list of painting professionals certified to work with Fine Paints of Europe coatings. These Contractors are featured on the Fine Paints website.

Fine Paints of Europe established the Certified Painters Program four years ago to provide homeowners, interior designers, and architects with a list of carefully screened contractors qualified to professionally install the entire range of Fine Paints of Europe paints, enamels and marine grade clear coats.

Certification requires that a contractor is, 1. Nominated by a local dealership ( Shearer was nominated by Dalys Paint in Seattle) 2. Demonstrate professional competence and enjoy a good reputation participating contractors must also meet insurance requirements in order to retain their certification.

According to Fine Paints of Europe President John F. Lahey, John Shearer was invited to participate by Fine Paints of Europe after the Vermont based paint importer became familiar with the quality of Shearer’s work. His clients have confirmed him to be a professional of good standing who has completed many high quality projects using the durable, high-performance coatings imported from Holland by Fine Paints.

Mr. Shearer along with 20 other carefully selected painting professionals from across the country recently attended a weekend training session conducted by Fine Paints of Europe at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont where candidates were formally introduced to each of the various Fine Paints coatings and best application techniques. The meeting also served as a “artisan workshop” where reputable contractors could share best practices onsite.

Mr. Shearer was asked as a request from President John F. Lahey to give a presentation on his recent work in Seattle with Fine Paints; which includes nine homes and one commercial project using all the products in the Fine Paints of Europe inventory including water base, oil base, and wood clear products. Mr. Shearer has demonstrated his unique qualifications as the premier contractor in Seattle with Fine Paints of Europe. His company Shearer painting has been using Fine Paints of Europe in the Seattle since 1997. Shearer’s Special Projects Manager Andy Sewrey had worked under famous furniture designer Roy McMakin in the late 1990′s applying Fine Paints of Europe on cabinets, millwork, furniture, and art pieces.

Interviewed during the Vermont certification John Shearer commented There is a history with Fine Paints of Europe and Seattle. I was introduced to the product when Seattle Paint Supply (independent Benjamin Moore dealership) began to carry the line in 1995. Most of projects with FPOE are residences but our best known public project is the exterior of an upscale hair salon in Seattles most fashionable shopping area. We completed the project just before Thanksgiving in 1997. I spoke with the owner this last March The high gloss black looks the same as the day you painted it. Obviously we have a long runway with these products; but recently there has been a significant increase in the demand for the highest quality paint available. Clearly Fine Paints is Best in Class. The cost of the paint is usually 10-15% of the total cost of a project; our clients understand the value of this paint and Shearer is the most experienced contractor in Seattle installing this product line.

John Shearer summarized Fine Paints unique reputation with color “In addition to the data which validates the value of this high performance paint (superior resins, etc.), I have found that Fine Paints of Europe has been an invaluable partner when the color accuracy is critical to a project. Companies like Hermes, The Gap, Reebok, etc all have custom colors that are very difficult to reproduce; they depend on FPOE and staff Colorist Emmet Fiore to reproduce their unique colors perfectly. It is no secret Pantone selected FPOE because no other paint company was able to match the Pantone system. In Seattle, Shearer is regarded as a specialist with traditional oil base enamels; but many of the colors which exist on other paint makers color swatches are whiter than their own enamel paint white base…so I use Fine Paints of Europe so meet my customer needs. “

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Sep 18

Shearer Painting to Become Certified Fine Paints of Europe Contractor

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Seattle, WA (PRWEB) September 05, 2012

In less than two months, Shearer Painting will become one of few companies in the nation to be certified in the use of Fine Paints of Europe. Fine Paints Certified Painting Contractor Program ensures that only firms whose workers are very familiar with the products and skilled in their application attain certified status.

A contractor becomes eligible for certification after being nominated by a Fine Paints retailer. (Dalys Paint is the exclusive seller of Fine Paints in Seattle.) In order to be certified, nominees must have worked with Fine Paints products for at least five years, maintain good character, attend a weekend training at Fine Paints Vermont headquarters, and charge a fair price for top-quality work. During the training, contractors learn in depth about Fine Paints products and optimal application techniques.

Founded in 1987, Fine Paints of Europe is the sole U.S. importer of durable, ultra-high-gloss oil paints and varnishes from the Dutch company Wijzonol Bouwverven B.V. Fine Paints also deals in paint palettes by American designers, formerly including Martha Stewart, the Guggenheim Museum, and is the sole licensee of Pantone Paints.

Although Fine Paints products are now widely used in homes and businesses, their first major application was in the restoration of historic buildings. In 1997, Headlines Salon at Seattles University Village hired Shearer to paint its storefront black using Fine Paints of Europe. The storefront has required repainting only twice, despite frequent shopping cart and stroller impact, and it retains its original color and luster.

Shearer Paintings extensive experience with Fine Paints of Europe makes it a natural fit for certification. In November of 2012, Shearer will become one of two local certified Fine Paints contractors in Seattle, and one of three contractors Fine Paints of Europe in Los Angeles.

About Shearer Painting

Shearer has been a Seattle painting contractor since 1990, and also maintains an artisan crew in Los Angeles, California the “Myrmidons”. Shearer Painting’s work has appeared in Traditional Home magazine, This Old House, and LUXE magazine.In addition, the company is an associate member of American Society of Interior Designers, the largest trade association specific to the interior design trade.

Shearer Painting founder, John Q. Shearer, is also a recognized Color Consultant







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Aug 14

Vermont Artisan Designs Gallery Prepares New Exhibition of Fine Art and Hand Crafted Jewelry for Brattleboros August 3rd Gallery Walk

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Brattleboro, VT (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

Vermont Artisan Designs Gallery, in its 40th year, announces its August exhibition. In addition to the fine art and contemporary American craft of more than 350 artisans, the gallery will feature the oil paintings of Dane Tilghman and watercolors and oils of Marrin Robinson during the Aug. 3 Gallery Walk.

For the month of August, featured artists include Marrin Robinson of Vermont and Dane Tilghman of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Andrea and Jim Lorette of Jayelay Jewelers will demonstrate how they make jewelry from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3, at the gallery.

Artist Marrin Robinson will greet visitors and tell about her experiences of painting the plains of Kansas over the past year. Marrin is home for the summer from a teaching job at Kansas State University. Her painting style using both watercolor and oil — has been described recently as exuberant.

Dane Tilghman is the other featured artist for August. Danes work is in the African American Museum and he was featured in a book of the 100 Best Artists of the Brandywine Valley last year. More than 30 works by Tilghman will be available for viewing and purchase.

Several artists featured at this Vermont Art Gallery have been getting extra notice regionally and nationally. The July/August issue of Artscope Magazine focuses on Janis Sanders, who paints in oil and works with a palette knife to create some striking effects punctuated by his signature blue sky. Hes brought three new paintings in for our August show and will be a featured artist in October.

In other news, Charlie Hunter just won Best in Show at the Plein Air Easton Competition & Arts Fair in Maryland. The show at Easton is one of the premier plein air competitions in the United States. More than 400 applied for the show and only 48 were accepted. Charlie reports that he had an excellent number of sales as well. Hunters monochromatic oils will be on display for the month of August.

Owners Susan and Greg Worden invite you to visit when youre in Southeastern Vermont and see first-hand the quality of the workmanship on display. Whether it be oil paintings, watercolors, egg temperas, acrylics, jewelry, pottery, blown glass, wrought iron, clocks, pewter, turned wooden bowls, hand-crafted furniture including a comfortable rocking chair that conforms to whoever sits in it, paintings, photographs, sculpture, lamps, scarves and fiber arts, or hand-fashioned wedding and commitment rings, Vermont Artisan Designs is a gallery not to be missed.

Vermont Artisan Designs is open seven days a week at 106 Main St. in Brattleboro, a town recently voted the No. 11 best small town in America by Smithsonian Magazine and voted in the Top 25 best arts towns with populations under 100,000 by readers of American Style Magazine.

In addition to the monthly first Friday Gallery Walks, Brattleboro hosts numerous concerts and activities including the annual Strolling of the Heifers in June, a village celebration in July, a well-regarded literary festival in October and ongoing concerts at the Vermont Jazz Center.







Jun 20

Honor June Bride with Fine Art; a Robbi Firestone Bridal Oil Portrait to Last Generations

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(PRWEB) June 19, 2012

Its officially wedding season. Spirit Capture Portrait artist Robbi Firestone announces an intimate, timeless gift for the bride this wedding season. To Robbi Firestone, making wedding gifts is an art…the fine art of oil portraits. What is the half-life of a usual wedding gift for a future wife, or daughter? Posing for an oil portrait by Robbi Firestone is a gift in itself. During a sitting, Firestone enables her clients to share their life, spirit and experience, captured on canvas forever in an archival quality oil portrait for her children and grandchildren.

Artist Robbi Firestone, founder of Spirit Capture Portraits, specializes in creating colorful, vibrant oil portraits, which capture her clients physical likeness and evoke inner life. Portraying the spirit of her clients in her oil portraits captivates Firestone.

Firestone herself is currently preparing for her own wedding taking place on June 19th. Firestone and her Fianc