Mount Gallery

I had another interesting project this week. Ann Mount is a well known local artist who paints Southern scenes of street scapes, children and old barns or houses. Ann brought in some miniature versions of some of her paintings to be framed. In order to add some interest I decided to be creative with the framing and chose a more complex frame design incorporating a shadowbox technique. Traditional shadowbox methods are used mainly for items that are three dimensional (3-D). The shadowboxing adds space between the object and the glass. In this case the artwork was an acrylic painting which does not need glass as protection. Since there was no need to use glass the shadowbox lining is being used strictly as a design element. The end effect is very dramatic with the 1/8″ painting mounted on top of a mat and then recessed back into the frame using the shadowbox effect. It gives a lot of shadow and depth to the art. I’ve used this technique for other art such as decorative ceramic tiles, plaster hand prints and small paintings on canvas. Basically this technique can be used with anything that is three dimensional (3-D) either with or without glass.