I like seeing what others are doing art wise.
I’m not a fan of gold and/or ornate frames. I like very simple frames that don’t detract from the art. I’m actually heading to Michaels this week to get some stuff that I can put in the few gold frames I have to make them not gold anymore. All have thin gold frames which I’m not a fan of.
I inherited a piece from my grandparents that had a gold frame that was doing absolutely nothing to enhance the artwork. I painted the frame black myself. Easy peasy!
I like that the picture sits/leans on the shelf instead of hangs on the wall and agree that the black frame is a good, clean choice both for the art and the grouping.
It’s pretty classical to have ornate gold frames. I was at the art museum not too long ago and started looking at the huge ornate gold frames on the Rembrandts etc. some of the frames themselves were mesmerizing.
Not my style though for my home. I mostly do black frames in a variety of shapes. They always work and go together too.
I tend to not like ornate frames either. I don’t mind a simple thin gold/brass frame, love a thin black frame and recently have had fun with getting a thin pop of color frame. I just framed a family photo from last summer on the beach at sunset and used a red frame and a white mat framing the photo - the red really makes the golden orange hazy sunset pop!
Frames can be so expensive. I look for frames at the thrift shop that I can repurpose or use as is but taking out the art inside. I also love a warm but simple wood frame. I have also spray painted frames to my liking. This frame was black and I sprayed it red (it’s a brighter red than it’s showing) and I love it against the black of the print.
A few years ago, I ordered a canvas-wrapped montage of vacation photos for my home office. Put it in a wood frame, which was worth the extra cost. H loved it, so I told him I’d do the same for him with different images. Took us forever to go through photos (we travel a lot!) but that was also fun. Finally finished it, and it was delivered last week. Looks great!
My favorite art is a huge tapestry in the living room. It was a big splurge when we bought it 30 years ago. It’s held up well over the years and hasn’t faded, even though it’s in a sunny room.
Ha ha! Well, clearly from my post above, I don’t mind an ornate gold frame!
I can’t imagine a thickly applied oil painting in a minimalist frame, but maybe I’m behind the times. On the other hand, I would have never considered putting that abstract painting that is a wrapped canvas in an ornate frame.
I agree with this - the choice of a frame with the type of art should be considered.
I have plenty of gold frames too!
I happened to our art museum this afternoon. I took a pic of this piece in the gift shop because I thought it was a good example to me of what @Hoggirl mentioned above (an art price with raised “thicker”paint) needing a more substantial frame. I loved that this one was “showy “ with the gold slightly textured frame but was not too elaborate which @thumper1 eluded to.
If you zoom in you can see the frame had some detail but not over the top.
I actually think that frame competes with the golden tones of the painting and would choose something more subdued and matte.
I have a mirror over my buffet in my dining room. It hung above my grandmother’s buffet for my entire life. She moved to a CCRC when I was in my 40s. When she moved, my mom asked if I wanted the mirror. Sure, I said. And then I learned that it was actually a wedding present that had been given to my to my mom and dad (not from my grandmother)! lol. Not sure why my parents never actually got it (and by the time my grandmother moved, my mom didn’t want it).
Some of that is the glare of the lights in that display area. I quite liked it. Def more than the black frame above on that piece .
I think the idea was to actually bring out the golden tones. I’m afraid our deeply troubled President has given gold a bad name. Here’s a piece with a cherry wood frame that sort of has the same effect, but with the red in the painting:
I like a wooden frame but I think a grouping of black frames works well. I’ve just never really liked gold anything. I prefer silver jewelry for example. My MIL likes gold. Long tradition of gilded frames in the art world though. I say go with what you like!
A CBS Sunday morning piece this week was about a display at a Philly (I think it was Philly) museum about frames. Many of the pieces displayed were just frames with maybe a photo on the side about the history of this frames (with a photo of the art it had been used for). It was very interesting about home some of the artists designed their own frames to bring out aspects of the paintings or always wanting a simple frame, or a frame that has a shape that brings your eyes to painting.
I used to get a variety of frames, but now everything I paint just goes in a plain black frame. The width varies a bit depending on the size of the painting. This is what I did for a recent solo show at a library.
I wanted to participate in this thread when it debuted but was away so finally have the chance. Much of our wall art came from art fairs and museum posters. We had more wall space in Chicagoland so much is stored - but a lot of that is my needlepoints and husband’s stuff from before I met him ;).
This is one of the first pieces I ever bought - got it at a huge art/craft fair outside Baltimore several decades ago. I was there on business and one of the women from that office took me. I saw this paper fan (all parts hand made by the artist) and fell in love. But it was $100; huge amount at that time. So I walked away. Then came back a while later. Walked away again. The third time, I caved and bought it and never regretted my purchase.
This is one of our posters. We lived across the street from where the juried Old Town Art Fair took place and went every year. This poster was the last year before we moved to the suburbs. I chose the mats and frame myself at a local shop.
This is an example of one of the many pieces we bought at that art fair; it’s a fabric piece that has changed color somewhat over the years.
We commissioned this stained glass at that Art Fair. There was a piece we liked but didn’t care for one of the colors so the artist said he could make another how we liked.
I really like the fan. Back in Jan we were at the Met in NYC and there was a really fun little exhibit of fans. I had no idea that Degas loved fans and painted a bunch and got his impressionist friends to paint them too.
I have a fan display too! This etagere used to hold photos but when we moved there was nowhere else to put the fans. The top shelf are from Epcot International Village shortly after it opened. Next shelf is from China; left is wood cut, right is from the souvenir shops at the Great Wall. Third shelf came from husband’s business trips; left Spain and right Japan. Bottom fans are from a silk warehouse in Beijing.
