Frames. Choosing the right picture frame can be hard!

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Whether you're working in an abstract or semi abstract manner, it's important to remember that painting is about communicating something to the viewer. That may be literal or more suggestive but having a clear purpose is vital. A pretty paint surface isn't enough.

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Working with mixed media using a variety of different paints. I work rapidly but build up the paintings in layers to make sketches that can be referenced in studio paintings.

Lewis Noble has lived and worked in Derbyshire since 1996. His focus lies in the physical and emotional impact of the landscape on the senses and the effect this experience has on us.

His paintings are not snapshots or photographic frozen moments but through repeated layering and eroding of the painted surface, they contain all of the time it takes to make them.

The result is a body of work that speaks to the heart of what it means to be part of the environment.

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[mariettakopriva-vogelmann]

I like the simplicity in a good quality - pure and clear - thanks for sharing!!

[anamullan]

Thank you Lewis, that was very helpful. I like how you don't restrict yourself to just one way of going about framing. I have a few small pieces done on paper and I was wondering how to best display them, what you shared it has really help me.

[philipsamuels]

Thanks for that. Confirmed a lot, of how I feel about framing.

[micheleholdenart]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Framing has been a real bother in the past so I just stopped and used gallery canvases without frames. Now that I am creating abstracts on paper, board, and gallery canvas, I think I unified look is important.

[johnkitching]

Thank you Lewis I like the simple purity of the framing, Thanks for sharing!

[John-rbyv]

Very cool!
Thanks for sharing once again.

[lindapowell]

Really helpful and good advice. Thank you.

[jodikincaid]

Thank you so much for sharing Lewis. I was wondering what you use to affix deep canvas or wood to your frame? Thank you!

[monikalenander]

Wow! Thanks! Very Nice and teaching video!!

[christinewalter-saxena]

Thank you so much for another great video! What do you use to affix paper work on the back board? And to affix plywood squares?

[barbarafiesterman]

Hello Lewis! at 9:48 you show a framed work on paper. How do you mount it on the the backing please?

[robinw]

Thank you. Extremely useful! Thanks for your insights and honesty. I particularly like the very deep mount - I'll be using that in future. I'm also struggling with signing my work. What do you use?

[nangrey]

Very helpful. I did get distracted seeing those beautiful pieces on your shelves. Are they clay? Are those your clay pieces you have been making?

[rhodevans]

Hi Lewis, I'm preparing for an exhibition and have decisions to make regarding framing, so I was looking at this video again. I have a couple of questions if I may. Firstly, when you frame a stretched canvas using your bevelled moulding it looks as though it's framed as a 'float'. Do you have a full size board set into the moulding onto which you attach the stretched canvas, or is it a strip of wood that you have running around the edge? It seems to me that having a full sized board at the back of a canvas 90x90cm would be very heavy. Same question really for the work on board - is there a board which runs the whole way across the moulding or is it only a strip around the edge (again thinking about the weight)? Finally, what material do you use for the backing boards? MDF? Hope that makes sense! Many thanks again for your informative videos!

[lizsganga]

Love your frames. How do you finish your art? Varnish or wax?

[dianefranklin]

These look very nice. Do you do the framing yourself? If so, where do you buy the framing molding? I live in the US and am amazed at the cost of even simple framing. It would be great to be able to frame pieces myself if I knew where to get the materials and how to do it.