As I mentioned on my home page, though I am no longer affiliated with the online shop Etsy, I still offer prints for sale. The images I currently have available can be viewed in the three albums below: Birds of a Feather,Landscapes, and SteppingOut. They represent a sampling of my original work in watercolor, acrylic and mixed medium. Click on the image for a larger view and to read the title.
The prints are available in various standard sizes, ranging from 6" x 6" on up to 16" x 20", depending upon the original work's dimensions. They are digitally printed, using archival paper and inks, with an Epson Stylus Pro 9800, courtesy of a local printshop, pamorfineprint.com. They are all open editions.
With few exceptions, I can make digital prints of any piece of art in my web gallery, even the sold pieces, custom-sized to your specifications. Though I don't typically offer matting as part of my service, I have a limited number of matted prints in my studio inventory which are available to purchase. If your interested in purchasing any print, please contact me for more information at marysartgallery@marystorms.com.
Matting and Framing
If you plan on having your print matted and framed, a good place to look first is on line. There are serveral online frame companies that offer good quality mats, frames and framing supplies for a fraction of the cost you’d be charged at your neighborhood framing store. I've been using americanframe.com for years and am very pleased with the quality of their products and service.
If you don’t like ordering online, you can call their friendly customer service folks and they’ll walk you through your order step by step insuring you have everything you need. Assembling both wood and metal frames is easy. The written instructions are clear, with lots of helpful diagrams and the only tools you need are a hammer and screw driver.
Home Decor 101
While we're on the subject of matting and framing, let me add my two cents worth about color, style and size. Ideally, artists want to believe that folks buy their art because it speaks to them on some altruistic or aesthetic or spiritual level. For many of you that is the case, but if it also happens to match your pottery barn couch or grandma's comforter, all the better! When you're considering how to best showcase your newly acquired piece of art, please let the art lead and relegate the mat and frame to supporting roles only.
I am a big advocate of pairing plain white mats that are wide enought to highlight and distinguish the print from its surroundings with sleek (read: thin) metal frames, preferably in black or another neutral color. The mat and frame should complement, not compete with, the print.
When in doubt, call in an expert. For those of you who live in the Raleigh/Cary, NC area, I highly recommend you contact my friend Amy, owner of Red Chair Interiors, and decorator extraordinaire. You can find her at redchairhomeinteriors.com She also has a blog, theredchairblog, which offers "decorating and organzing tips and tidbits".
