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How Should I Frame My Original Oil Painting?
Framing Ideas for Gallery-Depth Paintings
Monday, June 16, 2014
Original oil paintings that are painted on gallery-depth canvas look beautiful hanging directly on the wall without a frame, especially if the painting is continued around the edges of the canvas, creating a three-dimensional illusion as you view the painting from the side.
To set off a gallery-depth oil painting, while still preserving some of this three-dimensional effect, you can use a floater frame. Floater frames come in many different colors and finishes which can set off colors within the painting or complement the furniture in the room. Here is an example of a painting that was framed in a metallic pewter floater frame to match the metallic accents on the fireplace.
To set off a gallery-depth oil painting, while still preserving this three-dimensional effect, you can use a floater frame.
A floater frame is a cost-effective style of molding to create an elegantly modern look to your artwork. Most frame moldings are designed for 3/4"-deep canvases (in frame lingo, this is called a 3/4" rabbet.) A gallery-depth canvas is at least 1-1/2" deep (sometimes 2" or 2-1/2" deep.) The selection of moldings with a deeper rabbet is both slim and costly. The floater frame is already designed for a deeper canvas, and you can even order them online from specialty websites such as www.metroframe.com.
Here is another example (below) of a floater frame used as a contrast line around the painting, separating it from the butter-yellow wall color.
Whether or not you decide to frame your gallery-wrap oil painting, it will be a beautiful and eye-catching addition to your room, bringing in a breath of color that is a joy to design around.
You can see the contrast line between the artwork and floater frame
The floater frame contrasts nicely against the butter-yellow wall
Gallery-wrapped painting without a frame
The same painting in a floater frame
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ERIN HANSON is the creator of Open Impressionism, a new painting style taught in art schools worldwide. Hanson is one of the most prolific artists in history, with over 3,000 oil paintings sold to eager collectors. With millions of followers, Hanson has become an iconic, driving force in the rebirth of impressionism, inspiring thousands of other artists to pick up the brush and join her in the Open Impressionism movement.
Hanson began painting in oils at 8 years old. As a teenager, she apprenticed at a mural studio where she worked on 40-foot-long paintings while selling art commissions on the side. After being told it was too hard to make a living as an artist, she got her degree in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley. Afterward, Erin became a rock climber at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. Inspired by the colorful scenery she climbed, she returned to her love of painting and began creating one new painting every week.
Twenty years later, Hanson now resides in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, surrounded by beautiful wine country. She gathers inspiration for her paintings from the natural landscape around her, photo safaris abroad, and backpacking through National Parks. She seeks the beautiful colors of the golden hour and captures these colors on her canvases. Her painting studio and art gallery is 18,000 square feet (the length of a football field), and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday.