PASTEL PAINTING WITH MISSION/ ARTS & CRAFTS OAK FRAME

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THIS PIECE IS QUITE A FIND ON MANY LEVELS:A MISSION OAK SCULPTURED FRAME PUT TOGETHER WITH SMALL SQUARE POINTY NAILS. THE FRAME IS CLEARLY OLD AND HAS A VERY NICE PATINA. THE GLASS IS FRAMED BY A SMALL CHALK BAND, WHICH HAS SOME SLIGHT DAMAGE.FRAME MEASURES 24" BY 14" AND THE PAINTING IS 20" BY 10". THE PASTEL HAS ONE SMALL REPAIR ON THE SIDE.UNDER THE GLASS IS A VIVID STILL LIFE DONE IN PASTEL. I HAD TO RESEARCH WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT AS WHEN I TOUCHED IT MY FINGERS CAME AWAY WITH SOME OF THE PIGMENT. SO NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS A REAL PAINTING, NOT SOME KIND OF PRINT. IS WHAT I FOUND IN MY RESEARCH, THIS IS FROM PASTEL PRIMER BY JEN EVENHUS: "PASTELS ARE NOT CHALK! They are pure pigment, the same used in making all fine art paints. It is the most permanent of all mediums when applied to conservation grounds and properly framed. Pastel has no liquid binder that may fade, yellow, crack or blister with time or exposure to light, as with other mediums. The name pastel comes from the French word pastische, meaning pure powdered pigment ground into a paste with a small amount of gum binder. The paste is rolled and dried in stick form with an infinite variety and value range of colors. Pastels from the 16th Century exist today, as fresh and alive as the day they were painted! Pastel artworks are created by stroking sticks of dry pigment read more

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