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Max is so lightweight.  He travelled with me to the Czech Republic where my friend and I enjoyed painting in various locations around the country.

Here I am out with my oil paints with the Čerchov mountain in view.

I was grateful for the little shade I found in the 31-degree heat that day!


     Vanaja Cotroneo - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada


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​"I have found my perfect easel...the TAKE-IT-EASEL and now my favorite apparatus...the EASEL BUTLER to use with it! ♥

Did you KNOW that the holes for the Easel Butler perfectly fit the wood pegs for the Take-it Easel?

I removed the square wire fittings on the pegs so that the Easel Butler holes could slide fully onto the peg.  I can now position the shelf a bit higher for my palette as needed.  When the Take-it Easel requires a narrower footprint, the Easel Butler metal fitting adds extra stability!

So happy and excited!  I'm set!  Thank you for your great products! " ♥

Mary Aslin, San Juan Capistrano, California
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​"I did this painting on the East Coast of Mauritius, Trou d’Eau Douce.  

Mauritius is a tiny island in the Indian Ocean 200 miles to the east of Madagascar and over 2000 miles off the coast of Africa.   This is where I live.

As you can see, I love my Easel Butler!!! ...and am happy painting LARGE pictures on my tripod.

I have made a couple of clips to keep my palette attached and a couple of holes in the palette itself which is really helpfull in strong winds."

                 Georgina Rey, Mauritius
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Christine shares her knowledge of plein air with local students but travels globally to create wonderful works of art.

"Even though I have fancier pochade boxes, being a petite woman, the easel butler is a tremendous asset to a much easier, light weight portable plein air system."
...Christine D'Addario, Locust Valley, New York
I was charmed and motivated by photographs of your customers using the easel butler in Tuscany and Greece!  So I am sending you this snap of a homemade attachment that fits on the end of the butler  and serves as a square block to support an umbrella.  This solves a number of problems:
 
  • The Julian umbrella that I bought for $59 gets used.
  • I don't have to worry about rocky terrain or other surfaces that are inhospitable for stake attachment umbrellas.
  • The umbrella is close to the picture, the palette, and me, all of which need protection when it rains (I paint w/c and acrylic but even oils don't like puddles of water)
  • The attachment is made from scrap wood and simply requires a 3/4 inch drill bit, cost of this bit is under $7 and needless to say, also appeals to my frugality.
  • I used to think that I could take the sun for hours but now that I am 66, and paint in the desert, I'm not so sure.



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Many thanks to Ted Yao  from Toronto, Canada for this ingenious umbrella holder add-on for Max!



◄◄◄ And here is a close-up of it for all of those analytically minded souls...like myself...who just have to see how that was done.


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​Ted Tao has found another way to make use of our Easel Butler ►

ere in Ontario's Killarney Provincial Park on the north shore of Georgian Bay, Max is holding a 24 x 24" canvas while Ted paints a scene diagonally.







And here we have Bobbi's set up with acrylics  in  White Rock, BC.  I think I recognize that place! ►




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