Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 9546313, member: 37&quot;]Me too.&nbsp; It is ironic that you can buy original art so cheaply and the framing costs an arm and a leg.&nbsp; I bought the above litho directly from the artist on ebay at a fire-sale price.&nbsp; It is an artist&#039;s proof he has had laying around since 1989 when he created it.&nbsp; I am glad it didn&#039;t cost any more than it did to frame it.&nbsp; I will keep it for now but I am sure it will be for sale at some point.&nbsp; Have to take the overall cost into account when selling if I want to make a profit. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The buying public is pretty fickle, doesn&#039;t have much vision beyond what is presented, and don&#039;t want to take any responsibility for creating something that fits their vision.&nbsp; For this reason, the trend is for artists to gallery wrap their paintings so that it doesn&#039;t have to be framed to be shown.&nbsp; The problem with this is that once bought, it generally still never gets framed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It was framed to my taste but I get what you are saying.&nbsp; I originally envisioned a lighter grey mat but the ones that were available were either too light or the wrong hue. The mat I ultimately chose is charcoal so there is some contrast with the black frame liner and the black in the print, even if it doesn&#039;t show well in the photo. You will also note that the mat core is white so also sets off the print. I considered painting the entire frame black but like the vintage white-washed look of the oak.&nbsp; Hard to tell in the photo that it is white-washed but it is.&nbsp; Had the print background been more sepia-toned, my choices would probably have been different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in