The nice pale blue/grey of the sky....

I'd try the pale orange of the trees.

You can always just buy acrylic paint and paint the mat instead of replacing it.

I actually like what's on it now, but might add a knife edge of red (matching the coats) on the inside like this

I love the print! May I ask what artist? I am looking for something similar. I would love to see it matted in navy.

I don't know how the mat color is coming across on everyone's monitor but I should've mentioned it's a cream with a green undertone. When I had it reframed, they had 300,000 mats to choose from. I was trying to go for something 'safe', but I haven't liked the mat color from the time I picked it up.

Annie - I painted a mat once and used leftover sample paints. Maybe it needed to dry/cure longer, but it got weird on the other side of the glass. Like the paint smooshed in some areas. Acrylic craft paint?

Oly - I thought about doing the knife edge thing and my first thoughts were dark brown, but I like the idea of red.

Holly - Thank you! The print is The Pink of Condition by George Wright.

Should I show the room this is in?

I used the acrylic craft paint and a sponge brush. It dries very quickly and shouldn't damage the paper the mat is made of.

You could cover your mat with fabric (linen or burlap) or wrapping paper.

i too would double mat it... the red looks good as the inner color as would dark brown! i'd probably bring it to michaels and just try different color combos until i found one i really liked! (and then would buy the mats and cut them myself!)

If the picture fills up the frame without matting, I wouldn't mat it but...I'd get a beefier frame which can be found on eBay really cheap. But that's what I'm into now. No mats. lol.

Shee, I also love the picture. I have four of them (hard backed) in placemats for when we eat on the wood table in the LR. Plus, I'm into English Pointers. :)

Thanks everyone! I had it reframed locally about two years ago and will probably take it back there.

I'll post again when it's finished.

I like the above suggestion of linen or burlap. I was wondering how a burlap mat would look. I would definitely use a mat on that size print.

What room are you using this in?

tina

Tina - This is in the LR above the wing chair. I plan to add some other art with it.
I like the idea of burlap or linen but I think it's going to be too close to the wall & chair colors.

Shee, I am posting two pictures for you.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Pink of Condition

Shee, I don't know how to post more than one picture in a message.

You will note that I have the same picture as you that I posted above. Below is a link to another horse picture I have.

Hope these help.

Here is a link that might be useful: A Hunter's Day

I would get a tweedy, textural mat, they come in a bunch of colors, and use a metallic liner.

Think I have figured out how to post picture directly in message.

I took several pictures but could not get rid of the glare and reflection on the picture.

This post was edited by walnutcreek on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 18:39

Didn't even think about a metallic liner. I'm sure they were there among the 300,000 mats I looked at. :)

Walnutcreek - Oh, thank you for posting those! They look great! I like how you have the title showing. I have another hunt print by him framed that way.
How many mats are in the first photo you posted?
Thanks again for the pictures!

I like those dark mats with the gold. Very fitting for the hunt scenes.

I like the dark also. See how the gold mat accents the gold in the frame.

The picture of the horses jumping the fence has only one black mat. The gold is a mottled, bright gold paint, and the red is a paint. Hope this makes sense; I am not familiar with the terminology used in framing processes.