In the mid 1980s Carl Plansky began making paint for himself and his friends in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He had no intention of turning his passion into a business, but the interest of his fellow artists escalated to a point where the business of 'Williamsburg Art Supply' was established out of necessity.Beginning with a small milling machine provided by painter Milton Resnick, Carl's paint making operation grew to employ several people and was moved to Oneonta, New York. Never planning or aspiring to a take-over of the oil paint market, Williamsburg's oil paints accumulated a following and inte