Here's Looking at You - Original

• Original Painting, Acrylic on Paper
• Framed
• Signed by Aaminah Snowdon
• Image, 54.5 x 53.5cm approximately
• Framed, 70.0 x 69.0cm approximately

This original acrylic painting by Aaminah Snowdon is framed to conservation standards with a hand finished frame. The frame is glazed with a high quality speciality glass called ARTglass.  Read about the benefits of ARTglass below. Supplied with a certificate of authenticity and strung ready to hang.

WHAT IS HAND FINISHED FRAMING?

Hand finished frames give a unique character to an original painting as an almost infinite combination of profiles, finishes and colours are possible.

Standard framing involves cutting and joining pre-finished mouldings to make the frame.

Hand finished framing requires a skilled craftsman who will first select a suitable frame profile which is cut and joined to make a bare wood frame.  The frame is then finished using a combination of traditional and contemporary techniques and materials.  Depending on the finish chosen a frame may take many days to complete as component layers are built up to achieve the desired result. 

The result is a completely bespoke frame made to uniquely complement the original painting.  To this end, no two hand finished frames are ever exactly the same.

For Aaminah's work we have chosen a 5.5cm wide painted finish frame, over which is applied a light coloured wash. Then a 2cm wide gold painted slip is added between the frame and the original painting to lift the image further.  The colour is varied slightly to ensure that it compliments perfectly the palette used by Aaminah in each of her paintings.

WHAT IS ARTGLASS?

Standard picture framing glass is called float glass. This glass is used by the majority of picture framers and is perfectly acceptable for use when framing most limited edition prints but it does cause reflection and impurities in the glass cause the framed image to appear duller than intended.

To overcome these compromises all our original paintings and drawings are fitted with a speciality glass called ARTglass designed to reduce reflection and improve clarity.
Unlike 'non-reflective' glass which is etched to reduce reflection but has a cloudy appearance as a result, ARTglass is coated with a high-tech film, reducing reflection whilst adding clarity.
The example shown here is an actual scan of a print framed with ARTglass in the left half of the frame and standard glass in the right half. This scan has not been altered or enhanced in any way and clearly shows how ARTglass improves the clarity and vibrancy of the image. From certain viewing angles it appears that the glass is invisible.