Exhibit 31.1
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14

I, Bradley E. Sparks, President and Chief Executive Officer of Visualant, Incorporated, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended September 30, 2007 of Visualant, Incorporated, the registrant;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this 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 annual report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other than financial information included in this annual 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 annual report;
 
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 we have:
 
a.
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including any of its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
 
b.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
c.
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financing reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee (if any) of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
a.
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b.
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
 
       
Dated: January 24, 2008
By:
/s/ Bradley E. Sparks  
   
Bradley E. Sparks
 
    President and Chief Executive Officer