{"id":58,"date":"2017-05-13T21:16:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T21:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okeefe-arts.com\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2023-02-13T00:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T00:33:00","slug":"victorian-frame-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/13\/victorian-frame-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Frame Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We stopped at one of our favorite antique shop collectives,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/antiquesonthefarmington.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Antiques on the Farmington<\/strong><\/a>, located in Collinsville, Connecticut. We found this wonderful Victorian frame portrait with many excellent features and an engaging photographic image that is probably original to the frame. (I often wonder about the people depicted in these types of finds. Who were they, and what were they like? What did they do for a living, and what was their family like?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Victorian Frame&nbsp;Portrait.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-59 size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-2017-05-13-victorian-frame-1a.png\" alt=\"Victorian frame portrait.\" class=\"wp-image-43\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Victorian frame portrait.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some notable Victorian features are the oval sight and center frieze with a leopard pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-60 size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-2017-05-13-victorian-frame-1b.png\" alt=\"Victorian frame portrait - showing original finish luster and reflections.\" class=\"wp-image-60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-2017-05-13-victorian-frame-1b.png 400w, https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-2017-05-13-victorian-frame-1b-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Victorian frame portrait &#8211; showing original finish luster and reflections.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You often see today in antique frames that they have been over-painted with bronze or copper paint, or even worse, Shabby Chic. (gag!) Using bronze or copper paint was a common practice to cover up damaged areas of the finish rather than have the frames professionally repaired. One positive indicator that the original finish has been over-painted is the lack of luster and reflection that metallic-leaf (or true gold-leaf) often gives off, resulting in an overall flat appearance across the frame. Depending on the paint&#8217;s thickness, you will also notice a loss of detail in some design elements and compo ornamentation. (I&#8217;m not a fan of over-painted antique frames or Shabby Chic, but each to his own.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-64 size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-2017-05-13-victorian-frame-1c.png\" alt=\"Victorian frame portrait - corner close-up showing minor repair work.\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-2017-05-13-victorian-frame-1c.png 500w, https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-2017-05-13-victorian-frame-1c-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Victorian frame portrait &#8211; corner close-up showing minor repair work.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, this is a nice-looking Victorian frame despite some visible signs of touch-up and repair work. The frame is in good condition and retains much of its original finish, and I also like that it has a nice patina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can see a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/13\/victorian-frame-still-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Victorian frame with still life<\/a>\u00a0in the same shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see&nbsp;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/13\/victorian-frame-still-life\/\">Victorian frame with still life<\/a> that we found in the same shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We stopped at one of our favorite antique shop collectives,\u00a0Antiques on the Farmington, located in Collinsville, Connecticut. We found this wonderful Victorian frame portrait with many excellent features and an engaging photographic image that is probably original to the frame. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnokeefe.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/13\/victorian-frame-portrait\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[4,5,9],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Victorian Frame Portrait<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We stopped at one of our favorite antique shops, Antiques on the Farmington, and found this beautiful Victorian frame portrait.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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However, my most beloved art teacher was my Aunt Ann Fucich, who instilled in me a love of art when I was a small child. John O'Keefe posing with a drawing outside of the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, when he was seven years old Outside the Museum of Natural History (NYC) at 7 Years Old. (My Aunt Ann Fucich took pictures) My love for art led me to seek a career in mechanical drafting. As new technologies emerged, I advanced to more sophisticated 3D CAD modeling systems, new product development, and, eventually, project management. Throughout the years, I completed many university courses and job-specific training to advance my mechanical design\/engineering career. Even though my work was very technical, an artistic element was involved in designing new products and the associated documentation processes. My love for creating art did not stop at drawing and painting. As a teenager, I started pursuing musical skills. My first love is the guitar, and I ran a small recording studio out of my home for a time while also playing guitar in a few bands. The computer soon became another outlet for creating art. With my computer skills and 3D modeling experience, I began to develop a sophisticated DC-9-41 add-on cockpit package for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The project focused on the Scandinavian Airline Service (SAS) DC-9 airplane OY-KGR. There was extensive programming and many computer-generated renderings and image files assembled in real-time when the game was running, giving the person playing the experience of sitting in a real DC-9 cockpit. A RENEWED LOVE OF ART In 2007 my wife, Jennifer, rekindled my zeal for drawing and painting. Her encouragement and support motivated me to create O'Keefe Arts and take up oil painting as a professional artist. Jennifer also enjoys creating art, and we are working together to promote the business and my paintings because of our shared love of art. I sell original works, accept commission work to create custom landscape paintings, and offer a variety of high-quality pigment prints, i.e., Giclee, reproductions of my artwork. (Websites: www.okeefe-arts.com and www.johnokeefe.net) John and Jennifer O'Keefe outside of the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, when he was thirty-seven years old Outside the Museum of Natural History (NYC) at 37 Years Old. My paintings have been well received in the art community, allowing my works to be displayed in prestigious exhibitions and art shows. In my home state of Connecticut, the Lyme Art Gallery, Mystic Arts Center, Cate Charles Gallery, and the Mill House Gallery have exhibited my artwork. My paintings have won awards, and I have been a featured artist in a group exhibition at the Lyme Art Association's \"17th Annual Associate Artists Exhibit\". In April of 2009, I was elected onto the board of directors of the Cheshire Art League in Cheshire, Connecticut, and I created and managed the league's website until the fall of 2011. Organizations that I belong to are Oil Painters of America, Lyme Art Association, The Salmagundi Club of New York City, Mystic Arts Association, Cheshire Art League (until 2011), and Landscape Artists International. In 2012, Jennifer and I created Painting Frames Plus, where people can purchase high-quality reproduction painting frames. 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