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New John Scarland pictures on my walls

Martin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:32:24 +0000

I have new pictures on my walls, 4 John Scarlands, 1 oil and 3 Charcoals. Please go to the oy2 Gallery to have a look.

Robert Meldrum

Martin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:54:08 +0000

Hi everyone Robert just popped in and gave me an invitation to his exhibition at Chequer Mead Gallery, East Grinstead,

Directions Here http://www.chequermead.org.uk/findus.php

The Exhibition is shared with Annabel Hewitt , James Hussey, Katharine Weatherhead and Stefania Priori . I am sure they will all be glad to see you there on for the pre view 6.30 – 9pm on 19 February.

New Peter Davey pictures

Martin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:01:04 +0000

Peter came in and saw me yesterday, and dropped off some pictures to be photographed and framed here is a sneek peek they will be on his OY2 gallery page tomorrow with titles, sizes and prices.

A Challange part 1

Martin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:19:58 +0000

A while ago a client brought in a little job for me. She had a set of 4 old photos in an old mount that she had found in a loft and she wanted them copied, retouched and reframed. This is what we had to work with.

and here is a close up

My challenge was to get the photos & mount copied and retouched, then recut the mount and reframe them. With the help of Alan Bond Photography we completed the job with amazing results. Over the next couple of days I am going to recreate the final result so you can see them side by side. Watch this space.

Happy New Year

Martin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:39:14 +0000

11 Jan 2010

Happy New Year! After a bit of a staggered start I think weather permitting we are up and running again. This week I may have to leave early to collect my children because the roads around our house are still very bad, so please ring if you are going to call in.

It’s Christmas

Martin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:18:58 +0000

Hello everyone its my last day in today and am very much looking forward to a bit of a break. I will return on the 5th of January.

December is always a nightmare for us picture framers as work all piles in for the same deadline which gets closer and closer until at some point you have to say No I cant do it how ever late I stay. Then it snows oh joy. Thankfully my last frame was assembled about an hour ago. I now just have to wait for people to collect their pictures. At least now I can relax.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my customers as I was expecting a very difficult year in 2009 due to our economic down turn but thanks to you all things have been ok, there have been one or two dips but some surprising highs too. Anyway thanks to everyone, have a great Christmas and a very good New year.

Martin

Scarland pictures

Martin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:55:31 +0000

I have new pictures on my walls. My dad dropped off some charcoal dancer pictures.

To see the other pictures go to the whats on my wall oy2 gallery page

New WordPress Blog

Martin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:20:43 +0000

Well here is my new word press blog and I hope to develop this theme to become my home page with links of to my artists pages. This is my first post so would like to put a picture up to see how it works

It has gone Cricket mad

Martin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:16:00 +0000

In the last couple of months I have been asked to frame a number of cricket related items. Can’t think why, something to do with an urn I think. Anyway I just thought I would share them with you.

Don’t fade away

Martin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:26:00 +0000

Gary Best, a very good client of mine, came to see me a year or so ago with a poster print by Mordillo. His family were friends of the cartoonist, and many years ago Mordillo had signed a poster and given it to Gary’s father. It was framed and proudly hung on the wall, and was later passed on to Gary. By chance a number of years later, Gary spotted the same print on ebay and noticed how rich the colours looked. He bid on it, won it, and asked Mordillo to sign it ,which he did. Above you can see the difference in the colours, and see how UV light can damage your artwork. So Gary did not hesitate to have UV glass put on his new copy when it was framed. For more information about UV glass please call Martin on 01342 833266.