Another "Strange" frame from Bron

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Bron

Bron

SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
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Frame and painting by moi.

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Loosely based on the front frame, bottom. "Loosely" is the operative word.

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Both the painting and the frame are impressive. Great job, Bron! Care to share any details on how you made the frame?
 
OK, done with kids activities, HS choir performance, nice, very nice.

Painting is egg tempera on a gessoed hardboard panel. All traditional, though I use an air brush for the smoothly graduated sky. Painting is SE Lake Michigan, looking at the dunes with a lowering sun, very loosely based on photographs. I'm trying more for a "feel"and emotion of place than an accurate depiction of place.

Frame is butt joined basswood, with floating mortise and tenon construction. (Biscuits). The shape was done with a bandsaw, including cutting the "rays", then carved. The bottom has had an additional 3/8 of an inch extra laminated on, as it was unbalanced at first. Feels better now. Gesso, acrylic color as a base coat, shellac, metal leaf, shellac and japan colors in VM&P Naphtha, as a wash.

Photo of painting is not the best, but egg tempera is, probably due to it's luminosity, hard to photograph accurately, as are frames ...
 
Only when you mentioned the 3/8" addition did I realize that this was not of fairly monumental size. The proportions are perfect.
Like the other piece, this one has a cautious attraction. At once inviting but with certain vaguely menacing unknowns just beyond the horizon. The frame really beckons you to enter. Maybe if I stand on my tiptoes I can see a little farther in...
 
Nice job, Bron, as always.

:kaffeetrinker_2:
 
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This is a better version, actually close to the values in the painting.

Every so often, and usually with egg tempera, it's a struggle to get a good image. When I have some time I'll probably take some more shots of it ... now that I'm getting a feel for what I need to do on this one.

Jeff, Karen, Thanks!
 
Sooooo want to play with that frame! L
 
I would've never thought of bottom weighting the frame.

:thumbsup:
 
The Mother Ship from Close Encounters was exactly what I was thinking!!! (Oh yikes, I am channeling Baer again!)

Sorry, not Shrek!!!
 
Bron said:
Mar,

You might be on to something; my wife's response was that she was expecting Shrek to pop up over the ridge.

Every bodies a critic. :smiley:
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LMAO!!! I think I would love your wifey!!!! :D
 
I love your stuff, paintings and the frame! We need to get you up here in Michigan for a PPFA event sometime!
 
Bron we are not a big crowd, believe me, and I only asked cause I thought you could use a few lessons....:shutup:
 
Neato. Really Neato. Dood, you make my knowledge look like condensed soup. I feel dumb.

Thanks for sharing. Things like this really, really inspire me. Makes me want to push myself so very much further.

Thank you!
 
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