Kamena Gallery & Frames

As an artist I have been amassing a pile of paintings and was in need of frames. I stopped in here and was very happy I did. I am sorry, I forget which brother assisted me, but he was super helpful and went out of his way to make sure I got the right frame on a hard to frame canvas. It was also at a really affordable price. In the past I was ordering my frames from BC and attempting to do the framing myself. Not quite professional looking and I ended up with a pile of extra frames around my house that I guess I will just have to keep painting to use them up. These guys are all very artistic and that helps when you want your piece framed properly. Highly recommend them.

During our recent trip to Cuba, we picked up a wonderful, quite large, canvas painting. Upon arriving home, we had to figure out exactly what to do with it, as leaving it rolled up in its tube wasn’t such an appealing option. Off to Kamena Gallery and Frames! We walked in and had a look at all the paintings on the walls while we waited to be helped.
Before we arrived, I read a little about Kamena on their website. It sounds intimidating when you read they have over 1500 moulding samples in stock. With that many samples, this could take forever! Or at least that’s what I thought. The guy that helped us was AMAZING. He rolled our painting out, took a good look at it, asked what we were thinking for a frame and starting pulling samples out (not super fast though, he was very thorough, got our opinions on each one as he pulled them out, and brought out the next based on our reactions). About 10 minutes later we had our frame chosen.
The scary part came next, how much is this going to cost us? I may have gone to Michaels with approximate measurements to get a ballpark cost there, just to see. Not only was Kamena less expensive, they did a MUCH better job (we previously had a canvas painting framed at Michaels, it was alright, but the difference in workmanship is clearly evident here). Sooo, less money, better finished product, and more frame choices? We’ll be back, obviously.
This experience was utterly painless. It took what I thought would be a «chore», especially trying to get two of us to agree on a frame, and made it pleasant. I almost want to go and buy more paintings, just so I can go and get them framed!