I have used a lot of different easels over the years. I've worn out several Julian French easels. Recently, I made a committment to paint my large canvases on location instead of relying on enlarging smaller studies back in my studio...A few days later, I was painting on the southern Maine coast in less than ideal weather. It was cold, raw, windy and rainy and for most of the day, my Nadeau Easel, set up on a rock-strewn beach, never budged...