Santa Barbara's Finest Framers:
Richard and Dyana have combined over 30 years in custom frame design and construction. Santa Barbara Art Frame Company offers traditional frames, closed corner frames, carved and gilded gold frames, silver frames, vintage and contemporary wood frames, metal, acrylic and special fabrication projects. Museum standards, preservation and conservation framing are offered. Object boxes as well as sculpture bases and enclosures are also available.
Originals, and original prints by the following artists we have framed in the past year include: Miro, Ed Moses, Sam Francis, Henry Moore, Picasso, Chagall, Man Ray, Stael, Dali, Rauchenberg, Frankenthaler, Siquerios, Tamayo, Tobey, Thomas Hart Benton, Krasner, Appel, Dine, Matta, Oldenberg, Nevelson, Rosenquist, Tapies, Fantin Latour and more. We also specialize in vintage Japanese wood block prints.
Richard:
A fine art distributor, fine print dealer and artist’s representative for over 25 years. He has also owned and operated a gallery with custom framing near the Pacific Design Center in L.A. serving the architectural and design trades, and a gallery and custom frame shop in Ojai, CA. Currently he imports museum quality paintings from Bali. Richard specializes in creative, unusual and sometimes challenging design. Being an artist himself, his background also includes experience in custom automobile and motorcycle restoration, frame manufacturing design, interior design, and working with art in corporate and public spaces. Richard also takes pleasure in education about art and framing and has lectured at local colleges as well as private seminars.
Dyana:
10 years experience in all aspects of custom frame design and construction, with an attention to detail that lets her customer know they, and their treasured art, are being respected and cared for. Dyana’s mantra is quality, and she will not compromise a job and forfeit “doing it right” under any circumstances. She has experience framing pastels, works on paper, animation cells, unprimed and exotic canvases, silk scarves, vintage tapestries, photographs and a variety of other mediums. Her bright smile and engaging personality are cornerstones of the frame shop business.