Celebrating 50 Years of Color

2022年4月，我在意大利博洛尼亚经Laurin McCracken介绍认识了John和Katherine。我的Daniel Smith水彩世界就此开启。说实话，我早在20世纪70年代就开始画水彩，甚至还入选过几次国家级展览，但真正让我体验到Daniel Smith特级水彩颜料带来的惊艳效果，至今仍让我感到无比震撼。成为Daniel Smith品牌大使的一大好处，就是能够结识并结交来自世界各地技艺精湛的水彩艺术家，并通过Daniel Smith的ZOOM周四调色会和周五客座艺术家演示会向国际水彩艺术家们学习，还能在意大利的FabrianoInAcquarello与朋友们面对面交流。能够被选为Daniel Smith品牌大使，我深感荣幸。感谢John和Katherine，也感谢Ethel，以及John为我们打造了如此专业的网站。.

西雅图的丹尼尔·史密斯专卖店简直是我的“糖果店”。每次去那里，我的期待和兴奋感都会随着离店越近而不断增强。大约15年前，当我开始在店里做产品演示和举办工作坊时，与这样一群优秀的人一起工作所带来的快乐更是与日俱增。.
如今，作为品牌大使和丹尼尔·史密斯大家庭的一员，我无比感激。零售店或许已经关闭，但每周五的线上演示活动依然如火如荼地进行着，与这样一群才华横溢、知识渊博的艺术家们分享的友谊也依然深厚。.
感谢约翰和凯瑟琳一直以来对艺术的鼎力支持，也感谢丹尼尔·史密斯艺术家材料公司，感谢你们促成了世界各地众多艺术家的相聚。我们无比感激。.

与约翰和凯瑟琳的相遇简直太奇妙了！！
那是我第一次作为参展艺术家参加法布里亚诺艺术节，通过与他们见面，我实现了在那里获得认可的美国梦。.
在我的职业生涯中，我使用过很多材料，但丹尼尔·史密斯的色彩在风格和质量上都带来了真正的转变。.
我的生活从此彻底改变，他们的友谊是我心中永不消逝的珍贵礼物。.
我被他们丰富的色彩，尤其是黑色，深深吸引，这让我能够以完美的精准度重新定义绘画的每一个阶段。.
这些色彩鲜艳、纯正、和谐、令人惊艳，呈现出一种其他地方根本无法找到的稳定性。.
此外，水彩底料等辅助产品确保这些颜色在任何情况下都能绝对可靠地使用。.
我完全被这一切迷住了。.
谢谢约翰和凯瑟琳，你们改变了我的人生！

我非常荣幸和自豪能够与最伟大的水彩品牌丹尼尔·史密斯合作。.

感谢约翰和凯瑟琳，给了我这个绝佳的机会来表达我与丹尼尔·史密斯之间的特殊情谊。.

我清楚地记得2014年我们全家去泰国旅行的情景。在曼谷一家美术用品店里，我偶然发现了一套丹尼尔·史密斯（Daniel Smith）的水彩颜料。我买下了它，当晚就打开包装，开始在速写本上探索这些色彩。颜料的效果和鲜艳度让我惊叹不已——这是我用过的其他任何品牌的水彩颜料都无法比拟的。.

在那次旅行中，我创作了许多色彩缤纷的素描，从那时起，我便爱上了丹尼尔·史密斯这个品牌。后来，我开始在所有画作中只使用丹尼尔·史密斯的水彩颜料。.

2022年4月，我被任命为品牌大使，这极大地鼓舞了我的创作热情，也为我的艺术之路注入了强劲动力。丹尼尔·史密斯认可我的才华，我深感荣幸和欣喜。.

In 2015, my work was selected by NWS to participate in the Shenzhen Biennial. They organised a trip there for the inauguration, so I decided to attend. Best decision ever.

There I met John and Katherine for the first time, the beginning of our wonderful journey together. I clearly remember congratulating them for their respectful intelligent marketing and their support to artists, it stood out so much of the other companies. I guess it was love at first sight! Our bonding is stronger every day.

Half a century creating magic — congratulations!

I started using Daniel Smith colors around 2018/2019, first buying the small dot samples just to try them. It was love at the first swatch!

I had a few bumpy years behind me, but one thing that never faded — and always kept my curiosity alive — were the beautiful watercolor collections you continued to release.

It still amazes me how intense and vibrant the colors are, and how much passion your company brings to every new creation.
Thank you!

Years ago, I began joining Daniel Smith’s Zoom meetings and discovered not only a place to learn, but a welcoming community of artists. At first I was shy and mostly shared my thoughts in the chat, but John Cogley, Katherine Taylor and the DS Brand Ambassadors kindly encouraged me to participate more actively. Discovering Daniel Smith watercolors also opened a new world of color and granulation in my paintings. Congratulations on your 50th anniversary.

DANIEL SMITH Watercolors serendipitously fell into my lap during a challenging season of my life and forever changed the course of not only my art, but my life as well. I inherited my first 50 tubes of DANIEL SMITH from another artist who had passed away. From the very first moment I tried the paint, I was completely blown away by the consistency, vibrancy, lightfastness, and quality.

Over the years I experimented with other brands, but nothing has ever come close to my DANIEL SMITH watercolors.

This journey eventually led me to watching John’s LIVE sessions in 2021, which became a sacred community for me; an online gathering I looked forward to each week, especially as I navigated tremendous health challenges and an eventual kidney transplant. I was always quietly watching those sessions, even from my hospital bed. In 2023, I finally got brave enough to turn my camera on and even speak up occasionally to comment or offer insights.

Fast forward to today, I am now a Brand Ambassador who has begun traveling the world and spending time with the community I have grown to know and love.

DANIEL SMITH is not just an incredible brand with exceptional-quality paints—it is a community of artists led by people who deeply care about providing the best art materials in the world.

The incredible connections to the watercolour artists of the world has been created by John Cogley & Katherine Taylor with their passion for community and for every watercolour enthusiast to be welcomed as a part of ‘our world wide watercolour family’. It is my honor being a part of the Official Daniel Smith Family and has been the most rewarding experience… a team who together share incredible insights, skills and generosity, I know I’ve found my tribe!

Thank you John & Katherine.

I first met Katherine and John at Fabriano in Acquarello 2019. Their friendliness immediately made me feel comfortable with them. After many years without meeting, we saw each other again in 2025 when they visited Warsaw. Together with my friend, the painter Minh Đàm, I had the chance to show them around the city. After six years, it was wonderful to see that they were still as warm and friendly as I remembered.

我被天然青金石深深吸引。每一种新颜色都让我爱不释手，它们都拥有极高的品质。我喜欢探索它们丰富的颗粒感和绚丽的花色。.

六年前的这个月，我开始参与线上直播活动。我很高兴找到了我的艺术社群。我很喜欢线上交流的方式——它让我可以自由地与社群保持联系，了解每一个新的动态。.

祝贺丹尼尔·史密斯公司成立50周年！我期待与丹尼尔·史密斯公司携手共进下一个50年。.

I discovered Daniel Smith watercolors in 2015 and instantly fell in love. Their rich pigments, luminous granulation, and subtle shimmer bring depth and character to my work. In 2018 at Creativeworld in Frankfurt, I met John Cogley and Katherine Taylor and was struck by how genuinely they connected with artists. Today, being part of the Daniel Smith community during its 50th anniversary feels both meaningful and inspiring.

My first time was during an event in Italy in 2016, with my husband, we met John and Katherine; I discovered Duochrome Blue Pearl and Duochrome Emerald along with Lunar Black and admired all the Primatek stones on the table. From then to nowadays I fell in love with all the products, being "brave" to explore them in different ways and creating something unique and meaningful. I deeply loved to have been lucky to visit the Seattle factory, witnessing the passion on making artists' materials.

I still remember when Katherine gave me the Ultimate Mixing Set (15 half pans) back in 2019. It was my first experience with Daniel Smith watercolors, and from the very first brushstroke I could see the difference. The richness of the pigments and the way the colors mixed opened up a whole new range of possibilities in my work. Since then, they’ve become an essential part of my painting process.

I’ve known John and Katherine since 2016, but welcoming them to Hanoi in 2024 was especially meaningful. Walking together through the Old Quarter, the streets where I was born, and sharing the rhythm, colors, and atmosphere of the city felt deeply personal. It reminded me how inseparable my artistic path is from my roots, culture, and history. I look forward to welcoming more friends to Hanoi.

Its such a great pleasure to be a part of the best arts Family In the world Daniel Smith! First days when I got in contact with DS, I always remember how warmly Katherine accepted to support one of my events I organised in my country! From then I always had amazing memories with many People involved! Second warm amazing memories is DS lives with John and especially those days of Pandemic 2019-2020, those live events really gave me such an inspiration and a very friendly memories!