tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post5069574873004511430..comments2024-02-28T19:01:38.420-06:00Comments on The Painting Life: Thoughts on Framing Paintings and ArtworkByrne Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07483285005782515422noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post-8955974339144925802012-07-20T17:25:46.139-05:002012-07-20T17:25:46.139-05:00If you are to put on display a painting on stretch...If you are to put on display a painting on stretched canvas that is unframed, most Art exhibits or fairs require that the edges be painted, usually in black, sepia or some other dark colour. I have seen some artworks, in local art fairs especially, where the artists continued the painting around the edge, but I’ve never seen that in professional galleries where the sides are always black or dark. Painted sides give the painting a clean and professional look because if most painters are anything like me; the sides are rarely pure white when I’m done with a painting, but rather is a multi-coloured mush.<br /><br />Gallery wrap canvases have the staples on the back of the canvas instead of on the sides. (see:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_wrap) Some Art exhibits and fairs will refuse non-framed artworks on non-gallery-wrap canvas. Others will accept them, but only if you put tape on the sides to hide the staples that can be hard to cover with paint.<br /><br />Thicker Gallery wrapped canvases (3/4 inch thick more) are to be displayed without a frame. However sometimes a painting without a frame that looks great at the gallery may not fit-in so well with your home décor or it can look smallish next to big furniture.Kim C Pelletierhttp://www.kimcpelletier.com/artblog/noreply@blogger.com