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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 145943, member: 37"]If you try to arbitrate your customer's tastes, you are sure to fail. While you can suggest that your paintings do not need framing, it is up to your customer to decide whether or not they prefer a frame. Otherwise, you might try incorporating some kind of framing into your artwork that you feel compliments and enhances it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Artists have been doing this forever. Whether making their own or choosing frames for works, it often removes the customer from the equation of framing. Of course, customers can choose to change frames but tend to more likely keep a framed painting as presented. </p><p><br /></p><p>Halfred Tygesen went so far as to carve his own frames for his works. While there are many of his works out there without his frames, they have become coveted as much or more than his art. I am sure that many a Tygesen frame has been expropriated for more valuable art. Seems his problem was just the opposite of yours. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--LAFlLVfSK4/VZGN_gIJCSI/AAAAAAAAUg0/3eO_msTy78k/s1600/008.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 145943, member: 37"]If you try to arbitrate your customer's tastes, you are sure to fail. While you can suggest that your paintings do not need framing, it is up to your customer to decide whether or not they prefer a frame. Otherwise, you might try incorporating some kind of framing into your artwork that you feel compliments and enhances it. Artists have been doing this forever. Whether making their own or choosing frames for works, it often removes the customer from the equation of framing. Of course, customers can choose to change frames but tend to more likely keep a framed painting as presented. Halfred Tygesen went so far as to carve his own frames for his works. While there are many of his works out there without his frames, they have become coveted as much or more than his art. I am sure that many a Tygesen frame has been expropriated for more valuable art. Seems his problem was just the opposite of yours. [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--LAFlLVfSK4/VZGN_gIJCSI/AAAAAAAAUg0/3eO_msTy78k/s1600/008.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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