About Us

Keith Uhrich: Head Picture Framer & Production Magician

Keith started his framing career by seeking frames for his own artwork at Greece Picture Framing. A help wanted sign in the window curiously led Keith to having picture framing choose him as a career. He learned design work at the sales counter and also learned production skills at the parent company of Gallery Picture Framing. With time he became head of the wood shop producing frames for the business. Keith expanded his knowledge of the finishing of picture frames by learning to restore them under the tutelage of Art Terenzi.

Keith was given the opportunity to showcase his artistic abilities when he restored several Verdugo canvases for D. & M. Fine Arts. He was also involved in the showing of Albert Paley’s artwork both as a framer and show installer at the Gallery Upstairs, at Gallery Picture Framing. Two pieces of note, in the permanent collection at the Memorial Art Gallery, were handled and framed by Keith: the Maxfield Parrish “Interlude” and the William Adolphe Bouguereau “Young Priestess”.

His career continues in the art world at the Nan Miller Gallery were he began primarily as an art handler: shipping artwork, installations in both commercial and residential spaces and traveling with the gallery to the Art Expo where he was responsible for setting up the space at the show. With time he began to develop the picture framing element of the art gallery so that now he is concerned with all aspects of framing the inhouse gallery collection. He has framed artwork by such notable artists as Romero Britto, Hamilton Aguiar, Brian O’Neill, Aleah Koury, Pino and Eric Waugh, just to name a few. When the project presents itself he also continues to use his art and frame restoration talents.

In the spring of 2009 he co-founded Gilded Square Picture Framing and Gallery with his wife Michelle Michael. Keith’s abilities as an artist and picture framer bring to the business the highest level of expertise in producing the best custom product for the client.

Michelle Michael: Design Consultant and Framer

Michelle started her picture framing career after receiving a B.F.A. in printmaking and art history. She believed that learning this trade would keep her connected to the art world while also learning how to properly protect and display her own artwork. She began hands-on framing in State College and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Upon returning to Rochester she learned design skills while working at Rochester Picture Framing. After a stint with the Postal Service she returned to designing at Gallery Picture Framing and City Frame.

She has been privileged to work with many notable figures in the Rochester art community such as Albert Paley, Grant Holcomb, Deborah Ronnen, Nancy Esmay and Roz Goldman. She has consulted with interior designers Arthur Vitoch, Mary Crowe, Carol Sue Hai, Deb Audet, Jake Oukes and Ayse Lewis. Michelle has also worked on projects for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology, the Board of Trustees at the University of Rochester and the Jewish Home. Commercial projects have included working with John Delmonte on the Spa at the Delmonte Lodge and multiple Marriott Inn locations. Local business owners have also worked with Michelle to frame both personal and commercial projects such as Nancy Dorschel, Dorschel Automotive; David and Olivia Cornell, Cornell Jewelers; Walter Hickey, Hickey-Freeman; Lewis Norry, Norry Management and Peter Webb, Shear Ego Salon.

In the spring of 2009 she co-founded Gilded Square Picture Framing and Gallery with her husband, framer and artist extraordinaire, Keith Uhrich.