Featured Advice on paying to clean this oil painting

Thanks Johnny!

 

Before cleaning, it was nice, but sort of blah. Now it pops.

Did you take it to the folks in Portland?

 

lose that frame.........u can do so much better !
I luv the image !!!!

 

I did contact them, but ended up going with this guy I've met at shows a couple times. He owns a gallery and restoration / preservation service just south of Portland. Nice guy and totally forthright.

What would be your recommendation-- something like a flat black frame? In the past I've bought larger frames and then cut them down myself to fit things I wanted to reframe. They don't always turn out perfectly...

 

the trees are the focal point, so I'd go with a bluish / mid grey , to pick up the clouds...or a mid oak shade wood frame to let the yellows and golds be more prominent ....

 

you can frame anything in flat black........but I think it's too dark here .

 

Yeah, I don't care for the frame either.

 

Thanks for the comment. I am on the hunt for a new frame... If and when I find one, I'll be sure to post a follow-up pic.