Handcrafted Plein Air Paintbox.
The Urban Goat is a thoughtfully crafted, lightweight, and highly functional plein air paintbox is for artists who value portability, ease of use, and high-quality materials. Handcrafted in California using premium woods like cherry, maple, and mahogany, the Urban Goat combines aesthetics with practicality. Our innovative tri-fold design integrates a palette, panel holder, and brush trays into one low-profile unit, making it quicker and easier to set up than traditional paintboxes. The box features a secure, spring-loaded panel holder, adjustable friction hinges, and elastic band organizers for brushes. Its versatility extends to tripod, tabletop, and laptop use, making it ideal for both outdoor and indoor work.
Whether you're painting en plein air or in the studio, the Urban Goat is a perfect companion for artists who need a reliable, compact solution to transport their painting supplies. Designed by artists and for artists, the Urban Goat Paintbox brings ease an elegance to your creative process, letting you focus on what matters most — your art.
We are a friends and family business based in the Bay Area, California. With a small team of skilled craftspeople, we take great pride in building our paintboxes by hand. We source and select our raw lumber locally and mill it here in our workshop, ensuring that each paintbox exhibits beautifully figured wood grain. The major brass components in our Goat Grip canvas holder are fabricated at a nearby machine shop. The leather clasps for the utility trays are cut, beveled and burnished by Ren, who also selects and strings most of the bead patterns for our elastic brush holder straps.
We offer customizable features like wood type, bead color, latch options, and even burn-etched personal logos, so your box can be as individual as your art. Made from premium materials and finished with care, our boxes are designed to be both beautiful and functional for artists on the go. Thank you for supporting our small business—we’re thrilled to be part of your creative process!
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