Vintage Helen Strong Still Life Photograph of a Stone Mermaid Statue, Greece, Framed

Details

Description

This is an intriguing photograph of a mermaid sitting on stone in front of the sea. Her strong gaze, hair … Read more This is an intriguing photograph of a mermaid sitting on stone in front of the sea. Her strong gaze, hair blowing sideways, and the curved tail show such great movement in the statue. The location is on the Greek Island Aegina. The golden tones in the gray stone are echoed in the cream and gold frame.

The photo was taken by Helen Strong (date unknown) is now framed in a vintage high quality frame (used for wedding photograph) from the 1960s. The glass is non-glare and the piece is ready to hang or can stand on a table.

To create my gallery collections, I collect vintage art and frames from antiques shops, flea markets, hand me downs or anywhere else I may happen upon them. I also use my own artwork/prints and photographs at times. Each frame is cleaned and repaired, sometimes repainted, and each piece of artwork is cleaned when possible and sometimes cropped to fit into an old frame. Each grouping is thoughtfully curated using color, style or content to create cohesion and harmony. These are almost all vintage items and many of them have obvious aging, minor damage, and discoloration often creating a beautiful patina reflective of its age. These imperfections cannot be fixed, are intentional, and lend themselves to the vintage feel of items handed down over generations. The effort I put into sourcing the art and frames, refining the groupings, and choosing complementary mats, adding glass/plexiglass when missing, repainting frames, adding hanging hardware/rewiring is not insignificant and prices reflect those materials and labor as well as the overall quality of the art and frames. See less