Guerrilla Box.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Product information of artists' tools - Brief article

While managing Phantom Canyon Ranch in his hometown of Livermore a quarter-century ago, Carl Judson took up painting. "I read an essay by Winston Churchill about outdoor painting," he said. "He recommended it for people who were overworked and overstressed."

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Only Judson didn't want his cowboys to discover his new hobby, so he started building pochade boxes for his paints, brushes and canvases-in-progress that he'd hide under his car seat. Retired from ranching in 1999, he started making these Guerrilla Boxes for the mass market, each featuring a lid that doubles as an easel and a sliding palette above...