It’s always fascinating to see different people’s attitudes to the importance of the picture frame. There are those who visit our store with a photograph, print, or piece of artwork and request that we find a simple frame for it. For them, the picture is the main feature, and the frame is just there to hold it on the wall.
When someone contacts us or comes into our shop looking for a picture frame, the mount is almost always something of an afterthought. And I get it. It just doesn’t feel exciting. It’s just a bit of card, right? Well… not really.
It always seems to me like we have turned a corner when the clocks change to move forward an hour, like what happened recently on the 29th of March, and a good corner as well. The winter weather is now well and truly behind us, with the expectation of much nicer climates to come with the start of spring now with us and with the summer to look forward to.
With nearly all of us owning a smartphone, it has become easier than ever to take photos. We might wake up and notice out of the window a rather impressive early morning sky. It is then a simple case of picking up our phone, which is usually, for the majority of people, close to hand, and then taking a snap to show our friends and family later, or to share the image on social media. It could be that we are attending our child's or grandchild's birthday party.
For many people, the start of spring signals a welcome boost to their overall outlook on daily life. Lighter mornings, especially when the clocks move forward an hour, which in 2026 happens on Sunday the 29th of March, and the end of what a lot of people see as the doom and gloom, weather-wise, of winter, certainly can help to, as the saying goes, put a spring into one’s step.
If your artwork is created on board rather than canvas, choosing the right frame style is essential. An art board inset frame is specifically designed to hold artwork mounted on rigid boards such as MDF or illustration board.
At The Picture Gallery, our art board inset frames made to measure provide a secure and refined way to display paintings, prints and creative work produced on flat surfaces.
If you’ve recently purchased or created a stretched canvas, you may be wondering whether it needs framing. A canvas floating frame is one of the most popular modern framing choices, designed specifically to enhance the presentation of canvas artwork.
At The Picture Gallery, our canvas floating frames made to measure are crafted to fit canvases already mounted on wooden stretcher bars, creating a stylish gallery-style finish.
On Sunday, I visited the Dartmoor National Park. I was excited to take quite a few photos, as there are plenty of amazing things to see. These include free-roaming semi-wild ponies, sheep, horses, and cattle. There are also eight major, man-made reservoirs plus many more interesting areas to visit. As we drove nearer to where we had planned to start, there was something that I realised may well potentially scupper my plans - and that was the fog.
