#FineArtisanArts - Case Study: Framing for Tim Benson VPROI

'Kakadu Rapids, Australia' by Tim Benson VPROI framed by Fine Artisan Conservation Framers. www.timbenson.co.uk / www.fineartisan.london

One way to frame an expressive, textured oil painting is to contrast it with something clean, calm and simple. When we framed three epic oils by artist Tim Benson VPROI for his exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, we knew they would look great in a frame that is weighty yet subdued and unobtrusive.

Tim's signature style of framing for his oils is a square, wide-faced float frame, painted in a flat, neutral hue. The simple shape and neutral colour provide a solid, calm border that recedes, allowing the painting to be the rightful focus of attention, while the heaviness of the wide section gives the frame enough weight to be able to contain the expressiveness of the brush strokes.

For these frames we gessoed the moulding to bring an extra level of simplicity  with a beautiful, smooth finish and invisible joins on the corners. The paint we used is made by The Little Greene Paint Company, the colour being one of Tim's preferred colours.

Floating is a way of framing that allows the viewer to see the entirety of the painting. It is the ideal way to frame a painting that has an impasto paint application providing a respectful distance between the frame and the artwork edge.

You can see the paintings we framed for Tim Benson exhibited in the Threadneedle Space at the Mall Galleries.

Exhibition Details: 

Tim Benson VPROI / Lachlan Goudie ROI - New Paintings

Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1
23rd – 28th March 2015
Open daily from 23rd March 10am-5pm, 23rd & 24th March 10am -9pm
www.timbensonart.co.uk