Chris the frame expert/artist, is amazing! I’ve had him do several pieces for us and each time I’m just blown away by how fantastic they come out. The latest one that I brought him was challenging enough that it was time to write an exceptional review for this incredible human. I brought in a 1937 glass frame with decorative corners in a decaying back and asked him to put a frame around it so that I could mount it on the wall, while still being able see the decorative corners, and be able to remove the photo from the back someday. His final creation looks as if it had come that way originally. And now I can hang this piece on the wall in my bathroom or “the birdbath” as I call it. Thank you Chris! We are lucky to have you...
Read moreThis is the weirdest art supply store I, as a painter, have ever visited. It's disorganized. It's moldy. It's -- a store for artists, how can this be? -- unwelcoming. Stuff is sitting on the floor.(Please send that rug out for cleaning!) I swear: How can one art supply store be so ... um, un-knowing-what-creating-art is about -- so creepy that it drove me across the river to Michael's? Never again, I take my art seriously. These guys...I don't know what they're taking seriously, but it is not people trying to create art. There's a great shop in Great Barrington on Railroad...
Read moreAs an artist, art educator and arts administrator, I have found everything I need at Rhinebeck Artist's Shop. When I haven't been able to find something in stock, the owner was always willing to order the item(s) and notify me when they arrived. When I have needed advice on various materials the staff has been able to point me in the right direction for my purchase and have even occasionally talked me out of the more expensive item I was...
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