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Foraged Pigment Paintings Alexander Fals and Hayley Dayis are a couple that work with foraged mineral pigments sourced from volcanic soils in the region of Cauca, Colombia.

09/30/2026

People have lots of questions when they learn about how we make our paintings ⁉️ On October 16-18 we are going to answer them all and lead you through the process of foraging your own pigment, making paint and working on canvas!

This painting intensive will be held at the beautiful Gell Center hosted by Writers & Books in Bristol, NY (45 min from Rochester). For more info DM us or email [email protected] ☺️ We can’t wait!!!

Shoutout to Allyn Van Dusen for starring in this video and being a wonderful mama/mama in law ❤️

IMPORTANT NOTE: We have decided to extend the application deadline to October 9, so please disregard the deadline in the packet!

We’re celebrating our illustrious foraged pigment painter Alexander Fals Painter’ birthday today 🦢 Many of you have know...
09/28/2026

We’re celebrating our illustrious foraged pigment painter Alexander Fals Painter’ birthday today 🦢 Many of you have known him for many years and seen the evolution of his work. These are just a tiny fraction of the many paintings that he has done over the years, using the palette of his family’s hometown in Colombia…needless to say, he has a way with paint. And with many things! If you know him, you know that he is full of charisma and love for all people and living things, he loves to engage in interesting dialogue and make most anyone laugh, to spontaneously make music and build instruments and write books (working on #2 now!) and accompany loved ones as they create and embody their best selves.

We love him very much (yes, hi, it’s Hayley writing but I’m using the royal WE 👑 because we all do!!) so make sure to wish him a happy birthday today!! ❤️

09/26/2026

Come paint with us in the Bristol Hills! We have designed a totally unique 3-day workshop for anyone who would love to learn how to make paint out of foraged minerals!

Each day from October 16-18 will be a new adventure including time outdoors foraging for colors, meditative vision questing to encounter the subject of your painting, guidance on how to process your minerals into paints, and dedicated time to create a work of art on canvas.

Please help us spread the word! The info packet with everything you need to know is listed in our bio, plus feel free to reach out to us directly at [email protected] ❤️

IMPORTANT NOTE: We have decided to extend the application deadline to October 9, so please disregard the deadline in the packet!

Video starring the wonderful Allyn Van Dusen (Hayley’s mama) Hayley Dayis and Alexander Fals Painter

Sometimes we feel like SQUARES 🔲Working on a square canvas invites equilibrium without requiring symmetry. It can also i...
09/21/2026

Sometimes we feel like SQUARES 🔲
Working on a square canvas invites equilibrium without requiring symmetry. It can also intensify the subject and be quite dramatic!
Here are some of our square foraged pigment paintings from the past three years, almost all measuring 4 feet in diameter.
Which one speaks to you most?

🎨 All painted with minerals and soft clays that we dig up by hand in southern Colombia, grind into paint, and apply to canvas with brushes.

Some fun throwbacks of us holding our foraged pigment paintings over the years 🌱 🎨 Taken down at our home studio in Popa...
09/14/2026

Some fun throwbacks of us holding our foraged pigment paintings over the years 🌱 🎨 Taken down at our home studio in Popayan, Colombia (dogs, check! Mango tree, check! Paints made from Andean minerals, check!)
💚 what a gift

09/10/2026

After a year of hearing about each other’s work with pigments, we finally met up with Rhys Kane at his studio in Rochester and nerded out together! We learned about his work with classic Renaissance pigments—Rhys mixes all his own paints in the way the masters of ancient Italy would have, including very particular binders and pigment particle sizes (he even breaks down bigger minerals by hand like we do!) and he is a wealth of knowledge on color theory and application technique. We brought him a few samples of Colombian volcanic mineral pigment from our archives to play around with, and mixed two of them into oil paints. We learned a LOT, and look forward to continuing to explore pigments further with Rhys Julian Kane in future 😍 check out his work!!

Huge thank you to our latest collectors Pat and Hannah Rose 🤍 a beautiful and inspiring couple who chose “Vase” to be a ...
09/09/2026

Huge thank you to our latest collectors Pat and Hannah Rose 🤍 a beautiful and inspiring couple who chose “Vase” to be a part of their extensive collection of gorgeous works. This piece was painted by Alexander in his Fals family style, using mineral pigments that we foraged in the curving mountainsides of southern Colombia.

08/29/2026

See you at Memorial Art Gallery for the Clothesline Art Festival this weekend, Sarturday and Sunday 10-5pm! 🎨🖼️✨

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8484 S. Main St.
Lodi, NY
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