As we prepare to enter our 38th year of business, we are reminded that certain things we now take for granted, aren’t necessarily common knowledge. A case in point – our Logo. From the very beginning, we have employed a stenciled Pineapple as a component of our logo for signage, letterhead, ads, and web banners….
Sandy Wadlington’s Bio comes from fineleaf.net About Sandy Wadlington Sandy Wadlington was born October 4th, 1951, in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in Westwood, a suburb of Boston, in an old farmhouse with a pond in the back yard and woods nearby. As a child, she did all the usual kid things- rode her bicycle,…
When you’ve been doing something for over 50 years, it’s easy to assume that some of your “trade terminology” is also apart of everyone else’s vernacular. Such is the case with the process known as Dry Mounting. We’ve all witnessed the phenomena of a framed print or photograph that has developed a distinct wave or…
As a child, crayons were my love…using colors rich and vibrant, deep and dark. Now as an adult, each color evokes an emotion within me that I portray through my work. Each piece of art that I create has a special ambience. In creating monoprints, it’s a little more fun and serendipitous whereas painting is…
A recent “re-location” of a piece of Art in our own home highlighted the importance of proper lighting on one’s artwork. The piece in question is a beautiful acrylic landscape by Connecticut artist Jim Grabowski. When we moved the piece from a hallway to our kitchen, we were at first concerned only about size, and…
We’ve all seen them (…and maybe even had one!) – a wall grouping of Artwork or Family Photos arranged in what started out as a neat, organized grouping, but somehow metastasized into a sprawling collection of loosely related items that make it hard to focus on any one in particular. The fear that re-arranging them…
Well, here’s something I never thought I’d live long enough to see – a letter from one of our suppliers (the largest in the Country) explaining that many of their products were going up in price immediately – some by as much as 50% – due to the recently imposed Tariffs on goods from China….
One of the more confusing terms used in custom picture framing is one that even framers have to think twice about when using for fear of conjuring up images of a tasty cut of beef, is FILLET – pronounced FILLIT. Simply stated, a frame FILLET is a miniature moulding that is placed on the inside…
We just returned from a wonderful wedding celebration that took place on a beautiful old plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. It was a joyous occasion with a stunning backdrop, captured (I’m sure) by dozens of cameras held by numerous guests in attendance. As we sat there fanning ourselves in the late afternoon sun, it occurred…
One of Jeannie’s earliest memories is of an afternoon playing in the sunlight as it fell upon a quilt that Jeannie’s grandmother had made. She said, “As I traced the designs, I marveled how the patterns and colors twisted around each other in harmony. The joy I felt that day is what I try to…