Northern Light Studio

Northern Light Studio was founded as a collaborative enterprise to investigate, practice and teach the traditions and materials of studio art practice. As commercially produced art materials became increasingly available over the past 150 years much of this information has been lost and left to speculation. The introduction of scientific examinatio... n techniques in the conservation laboratory has yielded new discoveries about how artists of the past worked and what materials they used. The company now know more about Vermeers pigments, Caravaggios working methods and the structure of Renaissance bronzes than ever before, yet by and large this important information has not been adequately communicated to those who could most benefit from it, particularly art historians and artists, but also the general public.Read More