CSM Art & Frame is privileged to occupy one of Chatham’s unique historic landmarks. We now reside in a unique carriage house on Main Street in Chatham. The structure was built in 1865 by Mr. Benjamin Lum, owner of the Lum Brickyard. (It was built behind the home of his son, Benjamin Jr.) (from the […]

CSM is proud to be a part of such a great town and community! Happy 300th Chatham!

A must-see if you can visit! We never miss it. This year the show fave for us was the abundance of salon style art hung (Phillip Mitchell Design)up the multi level staircase. The over 250 works, from traditional to contemporary, are hung on grey patterned wallpaper. They seem to have no correlation to each other but […]

Series Title:: Speed
Artist Statement:: Anyone familiar with Formula I knows the extremes of the sport. To many, the adrenaline, fear and elation are palpable as their favorite drivers flash by, lying within a streamlined capsule of machinery and fuel.
For a sport so widely followed, motorsport photography largely misses the mark. It often fails to convey the surreal sense of speed we witness in that moment, and the subsequent feelings that overcome us as drivers risk their lives in front of our very eyes.
Pushing the limits of what man and machine together can accomplish, as drivers step into these vessels they become something more than themselves; beasts with heightened senses, unnatural agility and otherworldly force. Separated from his car, a driver is nothing. Within it, he becomes something else entirely.