Oil painting frames

Landscape artist based in coastal Virginia, Coleman Senecal Art specializes in oil paintings that bring light and the beauty of nature into your home.

Have you ever seen a really pretty piece of canvas art in one of your favorite home store that you love, except for the weird finish on it? Or you're undecided on how you

Do you have a lot of Plein Air paintings in your studio, and you want to give them nice frames on a budget? Well, look no further. Here is how I make some simple, inexpensive floater frames for my paintings. Materials: -1x2 Select Pine, Oak or Poplar (I think the texture of poplar is best if you are painting the frame and plan on doing an antique finish. Pine or oak looks better if you are staining and varnishing). Since this can be expensive at about $1 per board foot, we want to use this…

Abstraction in green… is another direction for my contemporary collage work. It is Acrylic collage on paper. Paper measures 11x15 inches. Image measures 9x13 inches. I am trying to move in and out of a linear exploration by introducing new forms and color relationships. This approach allows me to explore ideas in painting and collage that have always interested me. My work represents a wide range of styles that I enjoy. I often find myself moving between them looking for new ways to…

Gallery wall created with a mix of new and thrift store landscapes! Unify picture frames with paints such as Rub 'n Buff.The perfect thrift store makeover.

Ever wondered what happened on a painting before it was finished – how it looked along the way? I wrote a while back about knowing when a painting is finished but sometimes it’s hard for me to remember where it began, and quite how many stages it passed through on the way. So I thought […]

Thank you for the love on my "refreshed" bedroom on Friday. I have to share with you that these updates were fueled by the fact that her home is being published in a local magazine. That will get you going right? In fact they were about to have their trim painted on the outside and it fueled having the whole house painted along with new shutters.... And of course we can't forget painting the bedroom, bath and a little updating for other rooms of the home. I helped with this renovation 10…

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Original Works and Handmade Paper Prints by Australian Artist Monique Fedor