The Color Purple? Absolutely!!!

In ancient times, purple was one of the most complex dyes to extract and hence became the most expensive. It was a symbol of emperors and nobility, and today still signifies royalty. Purple dyes were created from the secretions of marine gastropod mollusks (mostly Murex and Purpura) with thousands of specimens needed to produce just a few drops of color.


Green City Fine Art- GEOMETRY by Joe Kennedy


The first recorded use of the word 'purple' in English was in the year A.D. 975.

"I never saw a purple cow; I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one."
(Frank Gelett Burgess 1866-1951 artist, art critic, poet, humourist)

Purple is the color that lies at the end of the spectrum, has a great significance in Feng Shui. The color is excellent for physical and mental healing and Feng Shui associates it with spiritual awareness.

So, consider a frame in a brlliant violet, silver mauve or deep purple hue. We carry a wonderful selection of mouldings that will add just the right pop of color to your home or office.

Green City Fine Art at Las Vegas Market

January found Green City Fine Art exhibiting at the Winter 2011 Las Vegas Market: Gift + Home Show. It was a HUGE success, quite literally, there was 1 million+ square feet of exhibition space! GCFA extends its many thanks to Castelli Art Framing.

Green City Fine Art offers some of the coolest art around, with custom printing & sizing options, for interior designers, retailers (awesome giftables!) art consultants, corporations/businesses and more. Check out their website at http://www.greencityfineart.com/.

Green City Fine Artist: Agnes Pierscieniak

Watch for Los Angeles based artist Agnes Pierscieniak's artwork on an upcoming episode of HGTV's The Antonio Treatment. Agnes' art can be custom printed to size (and even color adjusted) through our friends at Green City Fine Art. The above work is part of her Wall Shadows Series. Congrats Agnes!

HGTV's Antonio Ballatore Comes Back to Castelli!

Castelli's Fred Goldstein and Antonio Ballatore

It was GREAT to see our friend Antonio Ballatore of HGTV's The Antonio Treatment last week. Castelli owner Fred Goldstein and Antonio are together again making beautiful frames. We can't spill all the details just yet, but we can say that the ROMA LAVO Collection 4-3/4 inch profile in Electric Black was used. The end result was truly visionary and spectacular.



ROMA LAVO in Electric Black (4-3/4 inch)


Antonio also chose a custom artwork from Green City Fine Art who quickly came through with a fantastic gallery wrapped canvas by Los Angeles artist Agnes Pierscieniak. GCFA offers a cool array of artworks that can be printed in any size, on a variety of materials, and be custom color matched to fit your design project's palette. Green City Fine Art is a designer's dream come true.

We will keep you posted on the air date for the upcoming HGTV episode!

In case you missed it, you can see Fred working with Antonio in 'A Magical Makeover' episode where they designed an impressive custom mirror for an unusual couple.