The History Behind Peerless Paints
We stepped into our roles in 2019 when we were passed the torch by Cassie's aunt. Dalton and Cassie are the 5th owners of Peerless Watercolors. The company itself was founded in 1885 (you read that right - over 130 years ago!!!) by a dashing chemist named Chaz Nicholson.
He had stumbled on a new, better, more fun way to colorize black and white photographs and had to share it with the world.
Turns out watercolor artists all around the world liked these new paints almost better than the photographers did!
And just like that Nicholson's Peerless Transparent Watercolors was born.
Although our paints are still used by a few museums and college level traditional photography programs to tint and restore photographs, our paints are also very much geared to watercolor artists and urban sketchers.
Our Peerless Paints Community
The other artists in the Peerless community have been so fun to meet and share artwork across the world! We would love for you to join in the fun and let us know what you're painting!
Tag #peerlesswatercolors or @peerlesswatercolors so we can see what everyone is up to!
Thank you so much for checking out our shop and do not hesitate to reach out with any question you may have! Stay awesome, Peerless fam!
-Cassie & Dalton
