• Creative Picture Framers
• Local Art
• Original Painting
• Etchings & Aquatints
• Lino-cut Prints
• Watercolour Paintings
• Oil Paintings
• Art Classes

Gallery Seventeen- Art Gallery, Creative Picture Framers & Art Classes

We exhibit a vast range of original and limited edition artwork, and offer a complete bespoke framing service. In our upstairs teaching studio we also run ceramic, watercolour and drawing classes.

At Gallery Seventeen we offer a complete in-house framing service; providing top quality work, advice and ideas.

With a vast selection of mouldings to choose from and a great range of different mount and glazing options, we can frame your pictures to suit your style, budget and to the conservation quality of your choice. All framing is done onsite, we do not send your artwork away for framing, therefore this eliminates the chance of your artwork being lost or damaged in transit.

We offer free, friendly, and professional framing advice. Whether you are working to a budget, or require complete acid-free, museum quality framing to protect your precious artwork, we are happy to talk you through the best framing options for you. We give advice on colour, size, style and quality, to help you choose the perfect frame for your artwork. With a wide range of conservation options we can frame your artwork to the best possible quality to protect your artwork for years to come.

We don't just frame pictures! We can make frames for objects other than paintings and photographs.

We frame: fabric/ embroideries, football shirts, medals and coins, your children's first shoes, ceramic plates, sports memorabilia (e.g. footballs, cricket bats), small musical instruments, CD's, Vinyl's and much more.

Have an interesting framing idea? We pride ourselves on our creative advice, therefore if you have a creative framing project you would like to discuss, then do get in touch!

Ceramic Classes

Mixed ability, daytime and evening ceramic classes. Sue Clark trained at Camberwell College of Art and specialised in hand-built individually designed pieces, each with its own unique character. Sue will begin by teaching you the basic 'coil technique' and 'slab technique'; then with lots of one to one tuition from Sue you will be able to produce your own ideas, vases, bowls, sculpture, wall plaques...and much more! All work is made from slabs or coils, not thrown on a wheel. This means that anyone, whatever their skill level, can make interesting and beautiful work.

Watercolour Classes

Evening and daytime Watercolour classes: Clive teaches from absolute beginner level, starting with basic brush techniques, how to mix colour, and how you can develop these techniques to produce your own watercolour paintings. From there Clive will aid your growth as an artist and help you to build up a more advanced skill set.

Drawing Classes

Daytime Drawing classes, suitable for beginners. Emil will teach basic drawing techniques for both pencil and charcoal. You will be taught how to mark-make with both mediums, and learn the best tools to achieve different effects. From there you will learn to draw the subject of your choice. Students are advised to bring photos, pictures, books or objects to draw from. Emil with teach you how to plan out a drawing, and the step by step stages to complete it in detail.

Find Us

Gallery Seventeen is just around the corner from Beckenham Junction Station Train and Tram Stop. We are just across the road from a bus stop with bus to and from Shortlands, Bromley, Penge, Crystal Palace, Lewisham and Elmers End.