Beverly’s responses are pretty much identical to what I would have created. I, far too, am a pastelist and have picked frames that are complimentary to the portray. This can be time consuming and aggravating, specifically when you are then criticized for not having picked a gold frame!
Your reviews ended up attention-grabbing from the standpoint of the place one is visualizing the last placement of the photo – gallery or personal environment. Understandably, to team one’s get the job done in a gallery with very similar frames is the least disheartening and tends to make a assertion having said that, I believe that most artists are hoping for individuals to acquire their operate for the consumers property or to blend in with decor in a semi-private place (workplace, etcetera.). Thus the frame would need to “marry” the painting with the decor of the spot which could be an extremely hard activity until the artist understands the decor of the shopper. Also, a generic variety frame might not compliment the portray at all. A annoying revolving doorway!
Matting also complicates the difficulty. Beverly mentioned she does not use mats and often I don’t both. Having said that, there are times they make the painting show up additional finished. Then really should a person adhere with a single of the myriads of white or cream mats or need to a person use a colour that delivers with each other the hues of the painting and the frame? And then there is the problem of the width of the matting….
I incredibly considerably appreciated your comments. As you can notify, I come across this a aggravating component of painting, in particular with the substantial value associated, and would enjoy any further more feelings and answers to concerns.