224 E. Main St., Muncie, IN 47305765.284.8422
About This Picture
Gordy Fine Art & Framing Company is one of a few picture framing studios in the Midwest that offers handmade, hand-gilded, and hand-decorated frames made from locally milled wood. Gordy craftsmen use traditional techniques that include gilding with 24K gold leaf and 12K white gold leaf, carving, sgraffito, granito, and compo ornaments. Available are frames inspired by Dutch and Italian renaissance styles, 19th century French and American styles, the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century, and contemporary American styles. They can also craft more modern designs which are less decorative with the focus on form and surface such as wood grain, metal leaf, or other laminate. “Gordy Framing has a long history of reproducing historical designs, creating original designs, and offering museum quality work restoring antique frames,” said owner Carl Schafer. “We are carrying on the tradition and adding to the portfolio established by Brian Gordy, the company’s founder.”
Gallery Exhibits
Genny Gordy’s new paintings are small often referring to the chaos and creative energy of motherhood and mother earth. Seed pods, stardust, sexual desire, and bleary-eyed motherly sleeplessness all occupy equal space expressing fertility and the persistence of life. In her images, women wear the sun’s rays like a tiara equating their life-giving energy. She works at a very fast pace with good humor and an uncanny instinct for organizing complex compositions. “Genny confines her art to anything that happens in the universe,” says Carl Schafer. “Like tiny universes, her pictures seem like accidents, but in fact they are highly ordered and the result of her wonderfully sophisticated sense of design.” The exhibition will remain on view with works for sale throughout the month of November.