Walnut cap frame with oil and wax

Walnut cap frame with oil and wax

Cajun artist George Rodrigue sought to “graphically interpret the Cajun culture,” by preserving its land, people, traditions, and mythology on canvas in the face of a progressive world. In the early 1990s his Blue Dog Series, based on the French-Cajun loup-garou...
Walnut cube with whitewashed ash liner

Walnut cube with whitewashed ash liner

For this tiny, snowy landscape, I used a cube of varnished walnut and added a tapered whitewashed liner made of ash, a naturally whiteish-yellow wood.  The sweeping grain pattern adds a subliminal icy-cold breeze to the viewing experience blowing from left to right. ...
Solid walnut frame with mahogany stain

Solid walnut frame with mahogany stain

This is a picture of The Barringer Crater outside of Winslow, Arizona taken by my client with his iphone, then printed and stretched on canvas. This 4 foot wide canvas needed something substantial, both visually and structurally. A thick, deep, solid walnut frame with...
Ebonized walnut cube frame

Ebonized walnut cube frame

A cube profile is as tall as it is wide.  When you stain walnut in a transparent black stain, you “ebonize” it, allowing the warmth of the walnut to come through and create a rich, warm black color without loosing the texture and grain pattern walnut...
Glossy walnut cap frame with 8ply white mat

Glossy walnut cap frame with 8ply white mat

Another wood cut print by Tucson artist Joe Marshall, “Strap” is framed in a 3/4″ wide and 1-1/2″ tall walnut cap that’s been oiled and varnished.  It also has an extra deep white 8-ply 100% cotton mat.  This framed print is currently...