Floral Still Life (Framed)

Floral Still Life, Charles Ethan Porter, 1880

I have made four framed versions of this painting, with four styles of frame.

The paintings are printed on thick cartridge paper and mounted to card with wood glue. They are covered with a HD sellotape to preserve the ink, before treating them with a coat of wood glue to emulate the texture of old varnish. They are then finished with matt acrylic varnish. (I hope in time the layers will yellow - if this happens and is undesirable, you will be able to peel it off and apply your own varnish without damage to the painting.) The frames are made of wood and gilded with gold leaf before being aged with citadel paints. I have applied various labels to the backs of the paintings, aged with pencil, paint, chalk and varnish. There are no fittings for hanging as I conceived of them leaning or sitting on shelves, but you could easily fix a string to the back or mount them with glue or museum wax; just be aware this will affect the finish of the paintings on removal.

Size: 2.9 x 2.9 x 0.5 cm

Varnish is far from indestructible. Please treat them with common sense - don’t scratch, wet, or rub them, keep them out of direct sunlight, don’t expose them to excessive warmth. If you lean them with other pictures or pieces, be careful of sharp edges or points, move them every now and then, and store them separately in hot weather to prevent them sticking. If you ever need to repair the varnish, I have a how-to video on Instagram.

All paintings used are public domain; I have edited them in various ways so they translate to miniature.