About Us

Geneva Fine Art Supplies makes artists' oil paint and studio tools for painters. Our paint is made in the USA.

Founded by Mark Carder

Mark Carder, founder of Geneva Fine Art Supplies

Geneva was founded by Mark Carder, a painter and teacher who taught himself to paint realism in 1986. Over a long painting career, Mark has painted commissioned portraits of two U.S. Presidents and a U.S. Secretary of State, among others. He has always looked for the most effective and logical ways to paint, and to teach others to paint. His free teaching videos are on DrawMixPaint.com and the Draw Mix Paint YouTube channel, and you can see a selection of his work at MarkCarder.com.

Over the years, Mark noticed that the traditional leading brands of oil paint had changed and become lower in quality. That led him to learn how artists' oil paint is made from the ground up and to start formulating his own. After years of research and experimentation he opened Geneva Fine Art Supplies to share the best possible oil paints and artists' tools with other artists.

Geneva today

Since 2026, Geneva Fine Art Supplies has been owned and led by Enrique Tur, a professional painter and paint maker, preserving Mark Carder's legacy: the same Geneva Artists' Oil Color, made with high-grade pigments and artist-grade linseed oil, with our slow-dry medium already mixed in. We also keep making the professional tools Geneva is known for.

What makes Geneva paint different

  • Made with high-grade pigments and artist-grade linseed oil, with a high pigment load
  • Ready to use: our slow-dry medium is already mixed into the paint
  • No driers and no solvents, so no toxic fumes from either
  • Stays wet on the canvas for about 5 to 10 days, depending on the color, paint thickness and room temperature, which makes it well suited to wet-in-wet (alla prima) painting
  • Large 50 ml and 100 ml tubes
  • 100% made by us in the USA

Learn more on About Our Oil Color and in our FAQ. Questions? Email us at support@genevafineart.com.