Stories and Adventures   In this month of August, we at Mulberry, have been privileged to frame the stories and adventures of travel around country, world,  and even outer space! Each day finds us busy listening to new clients as we create frame designs that celebrate this art.  We want to take a moment, here...Read More

  Red, white and blue are the colors of early July. Here, in Aptos Village, our community parties on with the world’s “Shortest Parade” which begins with a pancake breakfast and ends with family fun, food and music in our Aptos Village Park. Our Mulberry Gallery windows will look out upon antique vehicles, floats, bands,...Read More

Collections, as opposed to an individual art piece, offer unique considerations when displayed in our homes. The individual items forming a collection will always share a common theme; sometimes emotional and sometimes physical. Physical themes might be subject matter, art medium, shapes or colors. An emotional theme would be the journey taken by the collector...Read More

More and more, in the art of today’s world, we use a freedom of shape, color and form to turn from the logic and illusion of visible reality towards reflections and emotional interpretations of current technology, science and philosophy. At the same time our phones and cameras record personal memories and moments which we hold...Read More

We love the way abstract art adds mood and emotion when hanging in living rooms, family rooms and entry ways. There is a certain freedom which comes when working with shapes, colors and forms rather than a literal representation of what is seen. Placing this art in your home allows you to express your own...Read More

Linda Pope witnessed one of the most creative art periods in Santa Cruz spanning 1985 through 2012. Courageously opening The Pope Gallery right after the 1985 earthquake in downtown Santa Cruz she continued her role as curator of the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at UCSC. Her own art chronicles and reflects the personalities and the...Read More

A Special Event at  Mulberry Gallery for Linda Pope Join us at Mulberry Gallery Saturday, February 23, from 1-4:30 p.m. for an art event celebrating Linda Pope    Linda Pope wanted to make Santa Cruz an art destination. And so she did. Linda was brave enough to open the Pope Gallery shortly after the 1989...Read More

Anvil…I just love the possibilities this frame style offers. It fuses faux patinas of textured metal with designs made from additional finishes looking like rivets and soft embedded wire. Sometimes the finishes contain what looks like flecks of rust. Sometimes one sees a leftover layer of copper or a faded metallic silver. These frames are...Read More

Making a mistake when hanging framed art on the wall is one of the most common fears we all have. Here is Del's easy DIY solution to ensure that art ends up hanging right where you want it.Read More

What is it about an empty frame that is so appealing? It remains a mystery to me. Perhaps that is the appeal: the mystery. Here at Mulberry Gallery we continually acquire groups of sample frames.Read More