Golden Artist Colors in Columbus announced its brand new QoR Artist Watercolors Portrait Colors Set in partnership with award-winning watercolorist and author, Ali Cavanaugh. (Submitted photo)

COLUMBUS - Golden Artist Colors is incredibly excited to share the launch of its brand new QoR Artist Watercolors Portrait Colors Set in partnership with award-winning watercolorist and author, Ali Cavanaugh.

Combining expressionism and realism in a way that inspires and captivates, Cavanaugh’s large-scale watercolors have appeared in museums and galleries around the globe. Her work has been featured in numerous publications and is in private and corporate collections throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Ali Cavanaugh’s portraits capture more than the delicate features of people, but also the tender, unseen details that transcend understanding. The layering techniques demonstrated in her work breathe life into her subjects and create a deep and luminous aura that captivates viewers.

The six colors included in the set create the ideal palette for achieving effects that distinguish Cavanaugh’s artwork from traditional watercolor portraiture.

Two of the colors, Perylene Crimson and Ultramarine Turquoise, were developed specifically for the Ali Cavanaugh Portrait Colors Set. They help create a wide range of dark to light skin tone color mixtures. Also included in the set are Nickel Azo Yellow, Pyrrole Orange, Sap Green, and Payne’s Gray.

“I have been a committed QoR Watercolor user since 2014, so to have the opportunity to launch this set in partnership with Golden is truly incredible,” said Cavanaugh. “Painting portraits allows me to express my subjects in their most introverted, pure state. My portraiture, figurative realism, is aimed at sharing the mystery of life; my subject’s existence. It’s this intangible thing that makes you want to know more. It sparks your curiosity.”

The Ali Cavanaugh Portrait Colors Set is a versatile palette of six- 5 ml colors priced at $54.99 (MSRP) and is shipping now, so be sure to ask your local retailer for them.

For access to the Ali Cavanaugh Portrait Colors video tutorial and additional content, go to vimeo.com/890012702. To learn more about Golden Artist Colors and its comprehensive fine arts materials product offering, visit www.goldenartistcolors.com.

Ali Cavanaugh (American, b. 1973) is an internationally collected fine artist. She studied painting at Kendall College of Art and Design and the New York Studio Residency Program in New York City, earning a BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design in 1995.

At the age of 22, she co-founded an atelier: The New School Academy of Fine Art, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2001. It was during her six years in Santa Fe that she developed her modern fresco process on kaolin clay. Her paintings have been the subject of numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions. Cavanaugh's paintings have been featured on book covers, countless internet features such as the Huffington Post, Fine Art Connoisseur, Artsy and in numerous print publications including The New York Times Magazine, American Art Collector, American Artist Watercolor. She has painted portraits for TIME magazine and The New York Times. Her work is featured in more than 400 private and corporate collections throughout the North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She currently lives in Ste.Genevieve, Missouri with her husband and their four children. You can learn more about Ali and her artwork by visiting www.alicavanaugh.com.

Golden Artist Colors is a manufacturer of artist quality materials, including colors and mediums for painting in acrylic, oil, watercolor and pastel. With a 100,000-square-foot facility in rural Columbus, and a 45,000-square-foot commercial warehouse in Norwich, the company’s 240 employee owners are committed to producing materials that encourage exploration of form and concept, while assuring quality and archival integrity. The Golden Artist Acrylics brand is known for being the most innovative and extensive acrylic system available. The company also manufactures Williamsburg Artist Oil Colors, known for its substantial palette of colors, including genuine Italian and French earth colors.

QoR Artist Watercolors, a modern watercolor made with an exclusive Aquazol binder provides artists with color strength, range and versatility unmatched in the history of watercolors.

For information about Golden Artist Colors, its commitment to staff and the local community, as well as its comprehensive product offering, call 1-800-959-6543 or visit goldenpaints.com, williamsburgoils.com, qorcolors.com and panpastel.com.

- Information from Golden Artist Colors Inc.