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... this blog is to focus on the poor couple who donated the piece to Goodwill in the first place.  They had purchased it from Burlington’s liquidation sale to put in their basement, but discovered it was too large. They tried to sell it at a church yard sale, but no one bought it, so they donated it to Goodwill. They must have seen the Weatherspoon ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012 | Hits: 557
  How to Pick Out a Mat In the 23 years Lenny and I have owned The Art Shop, I’m guessing I have selected over 1800 mats and frames for clients and for myself. (which is probably quite low.)  With that kind of experience, I’m thinking you might call me fairly knowledgeable about the subject. Over the years, I’ve developed Arlene’s ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 21 February 2013 | Hits: 425
If I knew then what I know now… You can say that about a great many things, but today, I’m referring to PORTRAITS.  When you are young or have young children, you don’t often think about freezing a moment in time.  Trust me – in what seems like a split second, your babies turn into adults who live far away and you and your spouse reach ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Thursday, 07 June 2012 | Hits: 1399
Judging by the ratings, Lenny and I aren’t the only ones glued to coverage of the Olympics. We’ve been eating dinner in front of the TV and going to sleep at night with it on.  (Please comment and tell me we aren’t the only ones doing this.) What does this have to do with art?  I just learned from Janelle’s Facebook post that the ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Friday, 03 August 2012 | Hits: 858
It can be annoying when a light bulb goes out in your home and you have to replace it - especially when it is out of reach and you need a ladder to change it.  Imagine owning an art gallery with nearly 200 light bulbs each going out at a different time and each requiring a ladder to reach. It’s a never-ending task to which Andy or Chris will ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 31 August 2012 | Hits: 551
Hello and welcome to The Art SHOPTALK!  In case you don’t know us, we are a 5500-square foot state-of-the-art fine art and framing gallery.  While we are physically located in Greensboro, North Carolina, we have shipped art and framing to as far away places as Australia, Spain and Russia.  Thanks to the Internet, our customer base is ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Tuesday, 01 November 2011 | Hits: 1097
The best gifts - the ones most appreciated and remembered years later- are those that have special meaning to the recipient. Custom framing gives you the opportunity to give someone a unique and meaningful gift.  With the holidays approaching, I thought it might be helpful to share some examples of wonderful framed gifts: A man’s pocket ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 01 December 2011 | Hits: 726
Webster’s defines "challenge" as "a stimulating task or problem." And that is what our Production Director Chris Taylor loves.  Whenever we have a framing question or tough framing problem to solve, the answer is usually, "Let’s ask Chris." Chris joined The Art Shop in 2000.  Having studied engineering ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 20 July 2012 | Hits: 690
  One of our favorite sayings is "If it isn’t moving, we can frame it."  (We were tested once while framing huge spider.  IT MOVED! The framer had extensive therapy and is doing fine now. Thank you.) When you work with clients on framing projects, you often have a window into their lives and it can be a rather intimate experience.  ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2012 | Hits: 826
... Two things in this picture Lenny doesn't have anymore- the leisure suit and the hair)!   Finding the letter would be no easy feat as the trunk is filled to the brim with old letters and poems we’d written to each other, letters from family members now deceased, old magazines, college term papers, resumes, wedding cards, birthday cards, ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 13 July 2012 | Hits: 1242
... trove of gifts for your birthday. (Speaking of which, mine was March 5th.  But that’s ok, I’m sure it just slipped your mind) Some of the new art just arriving for spring includes new originals by Erich Paulsen and Gerhard Nesvadba.  These are stunning florals, Tuscan landscapes, boats and market scenes.  And if you haven’t seen ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Monday, 25 March 2013 | Hits: 235
... talking about art on canvas, embellishing refers to painting over areas of the image to enhance color and/or to add brush strokes to the finished work.  Embellishing techniques are as unique as the artists themselves – some use oil paints while others use clear gesso, some have a great deal of texture while others apply a thin layer of paint. In ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Friday, 02 March 2012 | Hits: 2478
13. Memories
... one working like a dog with the rest of the staff so we could open the next day.   In our blog dated July 13, I wrote about the importance of personal archiving.    I should have practiced what I preached and framed or at the very least, put these items in an archival-quality album so the memories can be savored for many ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 11 January 2013 | Hits: 665
... Most major galleries featuring national and international artists like The Art Shop have a  major on-line presence and rely on the reputation and demand for these artists' works to bring traffic to their websites. That is not to say we don’t look at or take an interest in local talent.  We would love to discover the next best-selling artist, ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Monday, 23 January 2012 | Hits: 1165
... extremely  limited.  If you would like to join us for this event, add a comment below.   Send us a paragraph or two about why you would like to have dinner with Vidan.  If you are a collector, be sure to tell us about your collection. Please make certain that you are available on May 4th at 5:00 p.m. for dinner and 7 – 9 p.m. ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Friday, 09 March 2012 | Hits: 9257
 
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