My name is Gayle Bennett and I have been doing custom picture framing for 12 years. After majoring in Art History at college, I was searching for a way to utilize my knowledge of art in a creative way. In 1998, I took the Mat Design and Picture Framing Course at the Canadian Picture Framers School in Barrie, Ontario. To gain practical experience, I worked in the Picture Framing Department at MJ Designs in Clifton Park, NY. I returned to Canada in the Spring of 1999 to take the Advanced Framing Course. Armed with practical skills and boundless enthusiasm, I was off to the small Adirondack town of Big Moose to start my own business. I returned to the Albany area in the Fall of 1999 and opened a new shop in Ballston Lake. I have been at the current location on Route 50 for eight years.