Picture Frame Blog
It’s only the start of 2020. We’re still gaining our footing in this brand-new year. In fact, the whole decade is stretched before us like a blank canvas or a scene not yet photographed. That can be both exciting and a bit nerve-wracking for creative people! As artists and photographers, we inherently understand the power ...
Combining a love for outdoor photography with her interior design background,Cheryl Williver enjoys creating connections. From the day her pictures won Best in Show/Student Division in a local county expo, she has been smitten with the art of photography. Since then, this New Jersey girl has enjoyed capturing nature in the form of landscapes, waterscapes, ...
Experiencing a creative block can be frustrating—and frightening when our livelihood depends on our ability to create new work or make progress on a current one. The first thing to remember is that you’re not alone. Creative blocks happen to all of us! The second thing to remember is that they are temporary, even when ...
This western Montana artist embraces detail and simplicity at the same time. A former introvert, J Craig Platt was drawn out of his shell by his high school art teacher and by the University of Montana dance program. This art-loving panda is grateful to both of these sources, because they nudged him to become a ...
I’m an old-soul panda, and I recognize an old-soul human when I see one. What impresses me most about this young adult is that he’s not only a student of photography — he’s a student of people. As a photography student at UNT, Hudson Ingram is currently focused on relationships and the emotions that come with ...
As Frame Destination’s official ambassador, I get to celebrate artists and photographers through my monthly Artie’s Eight Q&A. For the moment, my mind is on holiday gift giving, so I volunteered to gather some fun ideas for the people in your life who are creative in some way, shape, or form. Like the sister-in-law who ...
From the colorful detail of her paintings to the haunting beauty of her solar etchings, Mindy Lighthipe is a force of nature — for nature. The call of the wild. When an artist can find beauty in a Round Tortoise Beetle, it’s hard to ignore. Especially when the artist imparts loveliness to an insect most ...
Variety is the spice of life for Joshua McCann, a commercial photographer and videographer in Michigan. “Sometimes it is the subject that finds the photographer,” he explains. Wedding photos and family portraits capture happy faces at milestone moments, while Joshua’s commercial videos record everything from synchronized skaters to the man behind a natural shoreline landscaping ...
Maybe it’s the precision and discipline of having spent his career in the military that influences the intricate, exacting detail in David Hoque’s work. Whatever it is, we admire the juxtaposition of reality with the rich jewel tones that come to life in his colored pencil drawings and watercolor paintings. They often cause viewers to ...
SPECIAL NOTE: Frame Destination mascot Artie the Panda penned this month’s blog. He kept bugging us about it, so we finally said yes. Does he have the writing chops to do this again? Let us know. Say you’ve finally finished that project you’ve been working on for months. A labor of love and creativity like ...