Here’s a watercolor we framed earlier this year. Signed “M. Fitzgerald” (the artist is a friend of our customer), the 13″ x 15″ painting depicts San Jose de Gracia Church in Las Trampas, New Mexico. The church, a national historic landmark, was built in the 1760’s. Our 2-1/2″ wide mortise and tenon frame is in walnut with inlaid square plugs accenting the joints, and a white gold slip to repeat the highlights of bright sun on the church’s adobe walls. I’m pleased with the resonance between the architecture of the frame and the historic architecture of New Mexico.
The National Park Service’s page for the church notes the the simple nave is adorned with paintings. I found this picture below online, showing the well-adorned nave—and some intriguing frames.
Here’s part of the ceiling. Looks like a lot of symbolism to decipher. But architectural decoration like this is always interesting as part of the lineage of frames. I suppose this is another direction we could have taken in framing our little watercolor. A little busy, though.
