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Hi Joan,
Thanks for the sharing your experience, it sounds like finding a good local framer is a great asset. I think what you call a gallery frame is what I was calling a shadow box, and is really a floater frame. I've attached a picture I found. This is what I had made for the latest painting that I sent to the gallery. It will arrive there today.
I've asked the owner to tell me whether she prefers that the paintings be framed in the floaters or be taken individually to the framer for the best individual combination (within my budget). Since her business is to sell the paintings I'm sure she'll opt for the most desirable thing for the buyer. I'll let you know what she says.
I have also experienced long back order waits with JFM, although lately it has been better. The frames Chris Saper suggested are beautiful and probably the service is better. However, it seems clear that the problem with buying ready made frames before the paintings are done is that there is no way to predict how they'll look.
I've been polling friends who buy art and the reaction they've given is that if they REALLY love the painting, but hate the frame, they'll ask the gallery to remove the frame and deduct the price. However most of the time they looking for a buy-able unit that looks great together, because it's less hassle. It was also pointed out that if a painting looks bad in a frame the buyer may not stop to analyze why she doesn't like it, she'll just move on.
All that said, not everyone has the same taste, so no matter how I rack my brains to get it right, someone is not going to like my choice. For that matter, there will be those people that won't ever like my paintings. C'est la vie.
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