Guide to Gallery Wraps

Canvas is a popular medium for painters. Once the painting is complete, it is time to decide how best to frame it. While traditional fine art framing is great for some paintings, other paintings on canvas look best with their edges visible in a floater frame or simply gallery-wrapped with no frame at all.

Canvas stretching refers to placing a blank canvas on stretcher bars before the artist begins painting, while a gallery wrap involves wrapping a completed, loose canvas around stretcher bars so that it can be hung. At Rosenbaum Framing, we offer both canvas stretching and gallery wrap services for artists and their completed paintings.

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How to Clean an Oil Painting

If you are in possession of a beautiful oil painting that could use a little touch up, cleaning oil paintings can help aged artwork get back to its original vivid colors and enhance smalls details that were lost over time. Continue reading “How to Clean an Oil Painting”