Apotheoun (Tom Livezey at Eleven)

[Terri Ficenec]

Thanks for sharing Garth!
I sure hope they packed it a little more than that!

[Garth Herrick]

Terri,

I wrapped the poly sheeting you see myself in advance of the pickup. That common material is totally inert and harmless. These guys added layers of bubble wrap then added a custom fitted corrugated cardboard shell. This is called soft packing. It was secured in the truck behind several more protective sheets of corrugated cardboard and strapped securely. I used to do moving and have no problem with this practice. It will be fine!

Garth

edit: Yikes! 7,000 hits as of today.

[Allan Rahbek]

Garth,

It

[Garth Herrick]

Hi Allan,

I made the frame.

This is basically the same frame as before with an extra strip of 1 x 3 maple added to the outside. Then yes, I painted it! (and rubbed and buffed paint off, and added more paint, etc. oil paint.) Does it look okay in the little picture?

Thanks,

Garth

[Allan Rahbek]

Originally Posted by Garth Herrick

Hi Allan,

I made the frame.
Does it look okay in the little picture?

Garth

I think that it is better than if the paint was put on totally even. Now it looks more like the paint in the painting itself, same vibrations.

You are the master and entitled to decide for the painting, including the frame, that

[Garth Herrick]

Thanks for your affirmative vote of confidence, Allan!

The paint on the frame is quite uneven, and mostly translucent, letting the maple wood peek through. The warmer tints are from the wood, while the paint is a grayish-buff-ochre-(some colbalt turquoise green hints here and there too) related to the paving in the painting. The framing seems cleaner to me as a statement with the painted surface. I just didn't want a perfectly painted surface fearing it would then look too plastic in appearance. Maybe I'm partial to the mysterious graining of wood, so that I could not quite completely lose it.

Garth

[Allan Rahbek]

Garth,
I understand why you chose the wider frame. It