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Ask yourself the following questions: Would you buy a new car and never wash or wax it? Would you carpet your home and never vacuum or clean it? Would you send your child out in the sun without the proper UV protection? If you answered NO to any of the above, then consider how you’ve been treating your art: Have you had your original oil ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 10 February 2012 | Hits: 779
One of the questions we get asked very often is, "How do you select the art you hang in your gallery?" Other artists who would like us to hang theirs most often ask this. Generally speaking, to hang on our walls or to be featured on our website, the artist needs to be a known entity people are searching for over the Internet.  ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Monday, 23 January 2012 | Hits: 1165
Any plans for Valentine’s Day? Hope your celebration is better than this woman’s - she & her husband go to the card store every Valentine’s Day, pick out cards, read them to each other and then put them back on the shelf. (Yes, cards are pricey, but come on!) And I hope your spouse is more romantic than this woman’s - her husband (now ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Tuesday, 05 February 2013 | Hits: 408
In this holiday season, if you are considering buying art as a gift or for yourself, buy "the real thing."  Of course, I’m not saying you must buy an original. Limited-editions and legitimate reproductions make wonderful gifts. What I’m saying and the point of this blog: Don’t buy a knock-off of someone else’s blood, sweat and tears. ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Thursday, 13 December 2012 | Hits: 537
... Things You Can Do Instead of New Year’s Resolutions." The ideas ranged from writing a letter to your future self to focusing your resolution on someone else – a non-profit you can help throughout the year.  Here’s a link to the article http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-willpower/201212/five-things-you-can-do-instead-new-year-s-resolutions ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Monday, 31 December 2012 | Hits: 579
... it was one she’d found it in her backyard.  We make no judgment – on the contrary, we encourage all of you to look in your backyards for unusual geologic formations and bring them to us to frame.) Most often, the framing is for happy occasions – a wedding or new baby photo, tickets to a favorite concert, a hole-in-one scorecard, etc.  Clients ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 10 August 2012 | Hits: 1083
If I knew then what I know now… You can say that about a great many things, but today, I’m referring to PORTRAITS.  When you are young or have young children, you don’t often think about freezing a moment in time.  Trust me – in what seems like a split second, your babies turn into adults who live far away and you and your spouse reach ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Thursday, 07 June 2012 | Hits: 1399
It can be annoying when a light bulb goes out in your home and you have to replace it - especially when it is out of reach and you need a ladder to change it.  Imagine owning an art gallery with nearly 200 light bulbs each going out at a different time and each requiring a ladder to reach. It’s a never-ending task to which Andy or Chris will ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 31 August 2012 | Hits: 551
... itself rather than reintroducing it in the matting. Otherwise, you run the risk of having the matting call too much attention to itself instead of allowing your artwork to be the focal point, as we discussed above. Don’t skimp on the mat width. To me, a skinny mat looks like you are squeezing your artwork into a frame you already had and are trying ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 21 February 2013 | Hits: 426
10. Memories
While Lenny and I own a spacious 5500 square foot gallery, MY office is anything but.  My cubicle is slightly less than 5ft x 5 ft.   (I measured it.)  Add in a desk, a chair, a computer, a purse, a lunch bag, a coat, files, papers and two dogs who sit at my feet and it makes for a very crowded workspace. (Before we remodeled the ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 11 January 2013 | Hits: 665
... I wrote to Lenny the night before we got married (to inform you about personal archiving) and talked about our dogs, Molly and Emma. Now you know a little about us as individuals.  I've also talked about matting, taking care of your artwork, how to hang a picture and many more topics, so hopefully, you have found the information helpful. I've ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 03 May 2013 | Hits: 191
Galleries around the world, The Art Shop included, are seeing an increased demand for embellished limited-edition canvases.  What is embellishing and why is it so popular?   The word "embellish" as defined by Webster is "to make beautiful by ornamentation, to adorn or to add fanciful details to."  When we’re ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Friday, 02 March 2012 | Hits: 2479
... expensive options. And here’s why this matters in terms of framing.  For most of our customers, picking out a frame and mats is great fun!  Your focus is on color and style and how your choices enhance what you’re framing. And while we relish helping you in this process, we’re also concerned about the quality of our materials, the workmanship ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 04 April 2013 | Hits: 272
... on the latest in the art and custom-framing world and make you laugh occasionally in the process. And we would love to hear from you.  Please send us your comments, suggestions on how we can serve you better.       ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Tuesday, 01 November 2011 | Hits: 1097
... it. In his free time, Andy loves to play tennis (although he hasn’t beaten Lenny yet). Seems fitting: Andy LOVES art, believes in providing excellent SERVICE and believes if your art loses value because you didn’t take care of it, it’s your own FAULT.           ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Friday, 22 June 2012 | Hits: 1038
 
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