Another Colorado fall color painting. It actually is very similar to the one I used with my last post. Just a different view of the same river, from photos taken the same day. My other painting is only a 9x12, and I liked it well enough, I decided to do this one larger, so it is 20x24 and painted on cradle board. Cradle board is similar to a gallery wrap except that it is a masonite panel with 1 1/2" edges versus canvas wrapped around the stretcher bars. This time I continued the image around the edges for the first time. On other cradle boards I have used, I just painted the edges a solid color. What sells best? A framed piece or gallery wrap? Do you charge differently for one like this versus one in a frame that cost $100-200? I don't know the answer to that, as I have just started doing larger pieces in the last few months. In this economy, I find that smaller pieces sell better, so I have not done a lot of large paintings. However, I will be doing some outdoor shows this summer and will need some larger pieces to have impact as people walk by the booth. Hopefully I will be able to tell you what sells best by the end of the summer!
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What a beautiful scene...I am just in love with the color palette that you used! I can't find enough words to say how much I enjoy this painting~~~
ReplyDeletethanks Janice! It is beautiful here in the fall, although we only have color like this for a couple of weeks. Actually, it is beautiful here year round, but I really like the golds of the aspen against the dark green trees and our blue, blue sky!
ReplyDeleteHi Joanne!... My first visit... love the colour harmony... use of contrasts and design in this piece!
ReplyDeleteI successfully use both traditional framing and gallery wrap canvases in exhibiting my work... as I feel the need. There is little question that many "new" clients are younger and that their decor and colour tastes are quite different than those of a decade ago.
Gallery wraps eliminate the need to invest heavily in framing... for the artist and the galleries. It also permits potential clients to better fit the framing to their own personal tastes... and save money at the same time.
As well... I find that some subjects "speak" better and are not "playing second fiddle" to the frame around the piece. Just some ideas to consider.
One other advantage for you would be that one always faces risks of damaging wooden or gilded frames transporting them... taking them down... etc.From my own outdoor show experiences... this did indeed occur!
Best of luck with your work... its great!
Good Painting!
Regards,
Bruce Sherman
Thanks for your nice comments and your advice Bruce! I think that a gallery wrap adds a more contemporary feel to the piece. As for frames, I gave up gold frames long ago in favor of very simple black ones, about 3" wide, with a slight orange undertone showing through. I find they sell better than gold in our area. I buy them from Glaser Frames in Denver.
ReplyDeleteThanks back to "You" Joanne... for the useful suggestions!
ReplyDeleteI'm ALWAYS open to... and searching for new ideas to improve my working process and to add to the appearance of my work!
I'll certainly look into the new source that you kindly suggested! Thanks again!
Good Painting!
Regards,
Bruce
www.glaserframes.com. I am able to buy wholesale with a tax ID number, and I bet, as you own a gallery, you could too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting, Joanne. The mountains are indeed lovely in the fall. 9,000 feet!! Now that really impresses. You are living in a seperate world than the rest of us. So many adjustments at that altitude!
ReplyDeleteHi Carol, Watercolorists and acrylic artists have lots of adjustments as our dry air dries their paint out much faster, but oil paints still take just as long to dry! Glad you like the painting, thanks!
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