Displaying an exquisite painting without a decent frame is like breakdancing without pants on: the art is lost to the awfulness of the display. Collect culture with class with today's Groupon: for $50, you get $150 toward one piece of fine artwork, plus $50 toward framing services at Kelly's Art & Frame in Alexandria.

Kelly's Art & Frame saturates the walls of its 2,800-square-foot art gallery with the polychromatic flush of original oil paintings, watercolors, and limited-edition prints by local and regional artists. Proprietor and internationally collected artist Kelly Hutchinson presents pieces from her collection of contemporary floral and landscape paintings ($60–$220), which depict blossoming-bud motifs and vibrant orange and yellow abodes that comic-strip characters yearn to call home. The gallery's oft-changing assortment of artwork ($20+) features oil paintings from Pietro Adamo ($550+), which beguile the senses with hazy, rectangular swatches of color, and pastorals from Carol Fogelsong ($300+). Artwork rotates often, as new pieces arrive to the gallery often, sometimes including Kelly Hutchinson's own newest work.

On-site custom framing compiles attractive borders from more than 1,500 traditional, Italian, and contemporary mouldings ($8+/sq. ft.) to help protect pieces from becoming smudged while partying with wild vacation photos. Styles range from simple archival mounting, clear UV glass, and 1" solid-wood frame ($100 for a 12"x12" piece) to far more elaborate arrangements suitable for housing a gold-dipped college diploma.

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