I am midway through the painting on the easel and am thinking about whether or not to frame the painting lying flat (vaseline painting). People responded well to the frames on the paintings in St Louis. A painting without a frame can give a solid block feel, almost like a sculpture. For some reason my work looks fragile in a frame, slender on the edges. It gives it a real finished feel, like a period on the end of a sentence. So the question for myself is: are my paintings sculpture or are they two- dimensional scribble pads? Frames can be like an apology. I painted this weird thing that looks like something my spaz dog got a hold of and buried in the back yard, but isn’t it nicely framed?