Collectors Gallery and Framery has been in Historic Downtown Venice, Florida since 1983. In 2006, it moved around the corner from Venice Avenue to the first block of S. Nokomis Avenue between the Venice Wine & Coffee Company and Bella Luna.
Proprietors David and Leah Sherman look forward to your visit.
Framer - David Sherman is a native buckeye from Westerville, Ohio where his passions were streetrods, girls, trap shooting and carpentry. As a young adult David worked on the Alaskan pipeline which influenced his move southward to Florida. In Miami, he established a residential remodeling business and enjoyed work on interesting projects such as Babe Ruth’s former Miami Beach Home and the European inspired Wackenhut Mansion in Coral Gables. Having an “artist within”, David has taken coursework in ornamental iron at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina http://www.penland.org/, and has created many distinctive art and furniture pieces. His attention to detail is exceptional. David is a member of the Professional Picture Framers Association.
Shop Girl – Leah Sherman is from the Mid-South, Memphis, Tennessee. Her studies include art history and archeology, painting and costume design. Leah worked as a psychologist in Lima and Mansfield, Ohio, and then headed south to Miami, Fl where she lived on a sailboat, worked for many years in real estate sales and met David. Her artistic nature proved useful in staging the homes David and she remodeled and decorated for fun and profit.
Both David and Leah Sherman are avid collectors and look at life as an adventure. They work to ensure that every customer enjoys the experience of art selection and framing. There is no better way to enrich your environment than a beautifully framed work of art whether it is a priceless Monet or your child’s first drawing. Your walls do talk so they should be your own personal expression.