BuyArt Studios Custom Framing

presents:

 

Grand Re-Opening

 

Blending Antiques, Collectibles and Vintage Jewelry

with

Modern Original Art

 

                        

Welcome to BuyArt Studios Custom Framing!

I'm Dawn Morishige and

I'm a Mixed Media artist with a studio/gallery in Long Beach. 

BuyArt Studios features my Fine Art, High Quality Custom Framing, Antiques, Mid-Century Collectibles, Vintage Art and Vintage/Estate Jewelry.

My primary media is Photography. I print my images on film and then start expanding on those images.  Depth is usually what I am after. Images that continue to change, evolve. Ones that display something new each time you look at them.

     My film etchings are actual etched film. These pieces are printed on film and then etched and pigmented.  I use the film as the plate. Using an etching tool I change an individual photograph, through the etching process and create something individual. The final image is a blend of etching, drawing and photography. They are full of detail and due to the quality of film and the lighting effects this medium enables, the image is continually changing and recreating itself.

My screens and room dividers evolved out of a desire to bring art off the walls and into the living space.  These screens are reminiscent of the Japanese Shoji screens, but modernized to the extreme. They are all made of Ortho Litho Black & White Film, covered with Resin. The film is cut and placed onto the screen base.  Some have a marbleized back, some have etched film which can bring in more color. They all have many details; see-thru holes;  scenes blended together;  geometric shapes; all of which add to the depth of the piece.  Each screen is one of a kind  and is continually changing with different lighting scenarios.

Please click on the links above to see images and purchase pieces available.