Custom Frame Making

Old World Frame Making

I have never been satisfied with the frames that are available on the market.  I like to taylor a frame for the specific piece of artwork that will go in it.  Thus, I have started to make my own frames.  They start with Bass wood in various profiles.  I then can use various finishing techniques such as foil application and decorative finishes.  This way I can control the subtle coloring that will enhance the painting that is featured.  

New Series of Paintings Started

Today I began the first painting in what I hope will become a series.  I had some photographs of flowers that were arranged in a large glass bowl/vase.  I liked the abstract quality of the image and the patterns of light and shapes that filtered through the water and glass.  The colors are very subtle, grays and greens with some grayed reds, right up my alley colorwise.  Anyways I will give it a shot and then hopefully make a series.

Oak in Encaustic

This is a photo that I hve reproduced before on photo paper.  I used it in a encaustic process.  The finish and soft imakge makes for a pretty cool effect.  24x36

B& W iphone art

A new encaustic painting in my continuing series of designs created with iphone app.  The designs are printed digitally on watercolor paper , then enhanced with encaustic wax and oils.  

Gallery view

New works on the gallery walls

iphone ART

I created these designs using an iphone and a drawing app that i downloaded for free.  I am trying to embrace the technology at my fingertips.  whenever I am bored or sitting in front of the tube I turn on the iphone and paint away.  After the design is done I print out on archival watercolor paper and paint with beeswax.  I enhance the designs using oil pigment, oil pastels, and soft pastels.  Finish the painting off by framing in shadow box framing

More Encaustic Photos

Continuing with the Coconut theme, I have been creating a group of photos with various items as still life elements.  I rework the photos quite a bit using encaustic layers and oil paints and pastels.  The results are photos with a real dreamy or ethereal quality.  I am really liking this process and am onto more...