"Oil painting itself is a wonderfully versatile medium and anyone can learn to paint with proper guidance and encouragement."  - Eric Alexander Santoli

Eric Alexander Santoli relies on his extensive educational background plus years of painting practice in his pursuit of painting and teaching; notably at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Florence Academy of Art.

Inspired by artists who created well-crafted paintings, Santoli greatly admired the work of Johannes Vermeer, Diego Velázquez, William Bouguereau, Claude Monet, John Singer Sargent, Joaquín Sorolla, Cecilia Beaux, and Norman Rockwell to name a few.

Imaged above is Monet's Pond (Evening), by Eric Alexander Santoli, oil on linen canvas, 2023. Eric lived as Artist-in-Residence at Claude Monet's house and gardens in Giverny, France from May until August of 2023.

In 2025, Eric Alexander Santoli began producing and hosting "Eric En Plein Air" an instructional art and nature travel program for Public Television. Visit ericsantoli.com to preview the Season 1 episodes and to view Eric's work and learn more about his instructional offerings.

We are pleased to present Eric's selected colors designed to offer a range for painting nearly any subject: "with this set, you can go out "en plein air" to paint a landscape and you can just as easily set up and paint a vibrant bouquet of flowers. The colors mix together beautifully and the combination between earth pigments and more prismatic colors will give you total freedom." - Eric

Eric Alexander Santoli Paint Set - Presented in sturdy card boxes with foam lining for safe and easy transport. Eleven colors, 40ml size tubes:

• Titanium White - Our pure Titanium White is the perfect neutral white for mixing, containing no Zinc White. Robust yet natural in brilliance, just small amounts will soften mixtures to a subtle warmth.
• Cadmium Yellow Lemon - Indispensable for mixing, pure and genuine for unmatched opacity, mixing strength and radiant glow. Cool and natural, makes true greens with any blue.
• Yellow Ochre - Our Yellow Ochre is an authentic Natural Yellow Earth, golden, translucent, and warm. Ideal for creating sensative greens or adding a subtle warmth to mixtures without adding shadow.
• Permanent Bright Red - Broadening the range of more bluish reds and violets, our Permanent Bright Red is a very bright lightfast, and intense warm modern Pyrrole. Ideal primary red for clean mixtures.
• Ruby Violet - Extra rich modern Quinacridone pigment, Ruby Violet mixes cleanly to enrich color adding both coolness and depth to mixtures. Ideal for landscape or floral subject matter.
• Burnt Sienna - Rich intense Natural Brown Earth that's medium deep with fiery undertones. True earth color for creating believable flesh tones or complementing with blues for classic dark neutrals.
• Ultramarine Blue - Indispensable warm primary, this 19th century invention will make violets with any cool red and is ideal for creating dark neutrals with brown earths. Gorgeous, richly pigmented.
• Cobalt Blue - Genuine and pure richly pigmented Cobalt mixing gentle cool tones. Amazing sky color.
• Basic Green - Less intense Phthalo, our semi-transparent Basic Green is cool mixing for soft and natural green mixtures with any yellow.
• Raw Umber - Unsurpassed for silvery grays when tinted with whites, our Raw Umber is a slightly green, richly dark Natural Brown Earth that is distinctly neutral in mixing.
• Ivory Black - Excellent for mixing, our warm Ivory Black is Genuine 100% Bone Black pigment, with delicate silvery grays. Easily creates delicate greens with cool yellows, rich golds with warmer yellows.

"There are many beautiful colors to consider beyond this palette. Here are just a few:  Flake White, Viridian, Ruby Rose.

"As painters, it is important to focus on the materials that we use for painting. And the best way to prepare ourselves for success is to use the highest quality materials available. This is why I use Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors in my own work and to share with my students. The quality of these paints is reflected in the beautiful range of pure pigment colors, which are hand-filled without fillers or additives. When you use the paints, you can see and feel the difference immediately in the mixing, paint handling and finished surface quality."  - Eric Alexander Santoli