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**Exhibit  31.1**

**CERTIFICATION  PURSUANT  TO      SECTION 302 (A) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

| 1. | I  have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on  form  10-QSB  of                Visualant, Incorporated. |
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| 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue                statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary                to                make  the  statements  made, in light of the                circumstances under which such statements  were made, not                misleading with respect to the period covered by                this  quarterly  report. |
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| 3. | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material                respects                the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of                the                registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly                report. |
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| 4. | The  registrant's                other                certifying  officer  and  I  are  responsible                for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                (as                defined                in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-14  and  15d-14)                for the registrant and have: |
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|  | A) | designed                such                disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to  ensure                that material information relating to the registrant is made known                to us                by others,  particularly during the period in which this                quarterly report is                being  prepared; |
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|  | B) | evaluated                the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures                as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly                report (the "evaluation date"); and |
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|  | C) | presented  in  this  quarterly  report  our  conclusions  about  the                effectiveness  of  the disclosure controls and                procedures based on our                evaluation  as  of  the  evaluation  date; |
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| 5. | The  registrant's  other  certifying                officer and I have disclosed, based on                our  most  recent  evaluation,  to  the                registrant's auditors and the audit                committee  of  registrant's  board  of                directors (or persons performing the                equivalent  functions): |
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|  | A) | all                significant deficiencies in the design of operation of internal controls                which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,                process,                summarize and report financial data and have identified for the                registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls;                and |
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|  | B) | any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees  who  have  a  significant                role in the registrant's internal                controls. |
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| 6. | The                registrant's other certifying officer and I have indicated in this                quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in                internal                controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal                controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including                any corrective actions which regard to significant deficiencies and                material weaknesses. |
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