Don Byram

 

Artist Statement

People love stories.

You tell stories with photos that can’t be told in other ways. For the stories I try to tell, the viewfinder on my camera are the pages. Composition of the shot is the plot. Color and light are the characters that populate the story and my world.

A good story , like good art, engulfs the reader and makes them feel. Through the combination of composition, color and light, endless stories can be told that, hopefully, will make the viewer, simply feel.

My goal is to take a photo and turn it into something more. Turn it into a story the viewer can read and feel. And, if I really do a good job, the story it tells doesn’t have to be the same one in my viewfinder.

I love quotes . One of my favorites is from Georgia O’ Keeffe……

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way—things I had no words for.”

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Story Time

We love stories at DonByramArt.

Every piece of art, every photo, needlework, shadow box, everything we frame has a story. We have been amazed, amused, confused, and humbled by what people entrust with us. We have laughed till we cried and sometimes we have just cried with our friends and customers as we learned the story behind the object that is to be framed. And all the emotions in between.

STORY TIME is our attempt to share those special moments we get to see and be apart of every day. It is these moments that make framing more than a job, more than an art, more than……well, you’ll see….take a moment and share with us…

Stephanie Grafton

Our first StoryTime person and story is StephanieGrafton. She is from Toccoa and was our Artist of the Month for May. She is a special artist that has used art as part of her therapy. Her artist statement says many things….”Painting therapy helps relieve my aches and pains of everyday life. I’m one of God’s special children and I’m limited in my abilities. This has helped me to restore confidence in myself and motivates me from day-to-day to make me feel good about me. Each stroke of the brush comes from my heart and my wish is that you are inspired by the love, joy and happiness that fulfills me as I take a blank piece of canvas and create a piece of art.”

Of the first six paintings Stephanie has brought in, she has sold three of them….not bad….not bad at all for the first time out!

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DonByramArt

Handcrafted Framing

DonByramArt

Handcrafted Framing

Many companies do custom framing. What makes our framing Handcrafted?

Janice has almost 30 years experience in framing, starting with her own frame shop, and including the last 15 years as the Manager of the Frame Shop at The Pottery. She takes picking mats, frames, and colors to the next level by helping create a personal expression for her customers, neighbors, and friends. She has the touch of an artist that translates the pictures, artwork, special photos, needlework, and whatever else comes in the front door into a perfect blend of personal expression; artfully crafted into framed emotion.

VC has a delicate touch with both frames and people. He spent 8 years at The Pottery learning the technical art of framing from Janice while supplementing his craft with the ability to draw out of people their vision for the projects they bring into DonByramArt. He doesn’t just listen, he engages with the customer, making sure the end product is much more than “just a product”. His goal is to create a collaboration between customer, mat and moulding, and emotion.

Milli is the behind the scene, “git-r-done” member of the team. Milli also was part of The Pottery frame shop team for 8 years and is a focused member of our team. She is a writer and poet in her own right, and, like Janice and VC, approaches her craft with the soul and eye of an artist.

What else makes our framing Handcrafted?

An open work area and environment. We don’t hide behind walls or tuck ourselves and your work inside rooms. Our store is open and if you need to come behind the counter to see what someone is working on, double check a corner, or just visit, feel free to. We strive to have an atmosphere that is closer to a working art studio than a production plant.

Other Services

Besides Handcrafted and Custom framing DonByramArt offers the following services:

Canvas Printing We print digital files on canvas. Don will be happy to work with you determine what size works best for you file and walk you through the process. We have done family portraits, fine art, vacation shots, graduation pictures, wedding pictures, and bunches more. If you have it on a computer or in a digital camera…..we can print it. Give your shot the fine art appreciation it deserves by printing it on canvas.

Old Print Restoration Got an old family photo that is torn, yellowed, or plain old worn out? Or even a modern photo that is damaged and you want it to look new again? We even can even help you “wash that man right out of your hair and photo”! Our Photoshop expert can take old or damaged photos and make them new again with no alteration to the original.

 

Check with the store for details and prices of these services.