A Maine gilder and picture frame maker completes a commission for an exhibit of paintings by Tina Ingraham at Portland, Maine Greenhut Galleries.
Author: gildedfarmer
Johanna works with her husband, David,in her Farmingdale, Maine, studio making hand-carved (or not) gilded or painted picture frames for fine art collections. She is an independent scholar in picture frame making history, with a keen focus on Maine, it's artists, art colonies, and frame makers. She is an artist who works in a variety of media including analog, primarily pinhole, photography.
Close Encounters with Vintage Artwork
a sampling of encounters with non-archival framing practises of yore!
Framing in Miniature
In April, 2009, we were commissioned by Portland artist Mary Hart to come up with an appropriate frame presentation for… Read more Framing in Miniature
Conserving an 18th c. Picture Frame
A recent conservation project: a period frame for a painting by Gilbert Stuart
Portland Maine Proclaims Feb. 11, 2009 “Robert Solotaire Day”
remembering Robert Solotaire, Maine artist and friend
Masters of Gilding Exhibit in Washington D.C. September 2008
Here is a piece I just completed for the Society of Gilder’s 20th Annual Conference at the Smithsonian Institution… Read more Masters of Gilding Exhibit in Washington D.C. September 2008