Wednesday, July 11, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER C3 Shop complements its framing business with a new art gallery C a card or a gift w ith a m usical them e, K err Fram es either has it or w ill create ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR it. In fact, M agda w ill create a gift from any im age - a n eed lep o in t reativity abounds in a little design, for exam ple. And she enjoys shop on K err Street. From doing "creative m atting and unusual the artistically hidden pipes and m etres in the new ly ren fram ing" for oddly shaped pictures or objects or for keepsakes that need pre ovated basem ent to the artistic-yetserving. She even uses her creativity functional gifts created from original paintings, K err Fram es is a hotbed of to fram e m irrors or other household item s to m atch or blend w ith a cus creativity. O w ners M agda and G arth K err (it's to m e r's decor. "I do som ething that will m ake it strictly coincidental that the Kerrs operate a shop on K err Street) had a different, but not distract from the art w ork or object," she says, noting that successful fram ing business in South A frica and sim ply continued to do she cut a m atte to resem ble A frica for an A frican needlepoint design. Some w hat they do best w hen they arrived in 3-D items, such as old tools or golfing O akville a few years ago. A lth o u g h they o p ened their paraphernalia, are fram ed so that the O akville business a year ago, the cou fram e opens to access the items. "B ut it also looks artistically pleas ple has recently restored the old stair in g ... Fram ing is my art. It's not ju st case leading to the basem ent, and opened a gallery on the low er floor o f sticking a picture in a fram e." A fter 12 years o f success in South the shop. A frica, it's no surprise that the small "We cut open the floor and put the stairs b a c k .. .and m oved the hot w ater business in its out-of-the-w ay com er heater, so we could utilize the base o f K err Street is doing well. But then, P h o to by P e te r C. M cCusker m ent," says M agda, the creative half o f it's w ord o f m outh, says M agda. "It's Garth and Magda Kerr of Kerr Frames on Kerr Street (yes, it is a coincidence) recently renovated their framing shop to getting know n for w hat you do. You the pair. "Then suddenly, I had all this accommodate a gallery on the lower level. Although the gallery features mostly their daughter's art work - both originals space to put the artwork. The space ju st need to get your service or your and reproductions, the couple is open to having other artists display their work in the small gallery. Framing, comple particular niche know n. The art and w as there, and now w e can use it." mented by Magda's creative flair, remains the staple of the business. Her specialty in creating music-themed items, such the m usic stuff is unique to us." M agda's ow n needlepoint designs as gift cards, from her daughter's artwork also draw a loyal clientele. are fram ed and hung on the w alls that lead to the dow nstairs gallery. But it's her daughter T anja's w ork that is fea tured in the new gallery - large, origi nal paintings, and a few lim ited edi tion (150 m axim um ), giclee reproduc tions. M ost o f the paintings are colour ful, w him sical portrayals o f m usicians or m usical instrum ents. A nd som e o f the rep roductions even incorporate Major Appliances are available at som ething original into the picture, a the following Greater Toronto locations: piece o f mirror, for exam ple. "They are not litho-prints...T hese North are printed one at a tim e. They will Bolton Dealer Store (905) 857-4390 never fade," says M agda. 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