Glenn Grafelman at Thomas Barry Fine Arts

  “The three oil paintings are linen stretched over 59 x 50″ panels (baltic birch face with basswood supports, then sealed) that metroframe created to spec for me. The panels are sturdy, as light as possible, as well as straight and flat to the wall. Your exacting tolerances work well with my geometric abstraction. I stretch…

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Kenn Kotara “Codework” at Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

  “Using your Profile 101 frame, I have altered the frame by painting the upper half white, to continue the horizon line from the artwork, to the framing backing and wall. “and if, between the two” is based on the 18 chapters of “Walden” by Thoreau, transcribed in Braille on paper. Each frame measures 41…

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Sacred Scars, Shadowed Ground

Sacred Scars, Shadowed Ground is a visual narrative of my walks on the battlefields of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County. Last fall, I spent a week observing and listening to the fields, trying to grasp the emotion of the ground. Today, the battlefields are beautiful, tranquil examples of central Virginia countryside, but we know that they hold…

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Metropolitan frames go to London

This fall we had the pleasure of working with Graphicstudio on a new project for Allan McCollum. We had worked with Graphicstudio on a previous project for the artist.  After that initial series, a commissioned version of the work entitled “One Thousand Women” was recently installed in the Chanel store in London. The Chanel installation features…

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Robert Brinker at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

    “Robert Brinker” is the first solo show of paintings by Robert Brinker to be held at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art.  The eight large paintings and smaller studies in this exhibition were produced over the course of the past year, but they mark the culmination of a ten-year exploration of integrating figurative elements…

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A centennial exhibition of Will Barnet’s work

The Arkansas Arts Center will display more than 75 drawings given to them by the artist in honor of his long-time friendship with former director Townsend Wolfe. Will Barnet As a student Barnet studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1930 Barnet continued his studies at the Art Students League…

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Michael Bentley Abstract Landscapes; large works on paper

We recently met Michael and his wife Elizabeth when they came to our production center to pick up their frames for their upcoming show at the Gruen Gallery in Chicago. Bentley has been a customer since 2003.  He is a very accomplished artist and he clearly was not afraid to tackle a large scale framing…

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Craig Kosak – Myth and Legends

Comfort

Craig Kosak has been a customer for many years and it’s always fun to see his new work. His work captures the West and Southwest with what I would call a magical realism. He describes his process as “ Rather than faithfully documenting the flora and fauna, I strive to capture the feeling and emotions these…

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