Hanging Around was established in April 1989. The owner Timothy Dell was formerly a professional photographer working in the commercial and advertising fields. When the owner of the studio in which he was working decided to emigrate to Australia Tim found himself at a bit of a loose end and decided that a slight change of direction was called for. Initially the idea of Hanging Around was for a shop to sell a range of things that could be hung like mobiles, masks, wind chimes as well as pictures. However, the business soon gained its own momentum and became a gallery for pictures, framing and cards. Tim researched the correct tools and equipment for picture framing and attended professional courses and seminars then started working as a picture framer, initially from his attic. Eventually he found a small shop in Chase Side, Enfield and although it was a bit too small for his liking it was in just the right location. This lack of space led to the distinctive hanging style of grouping lots of art work together in a tight pattern. He soon became interested in conservation framing and became a member of the Fine Art Trade Guild. Over the years he has framed many exotic and precious things including original paintings and drawings by L S Lowry, Degas , Sir Joshua Renolds and Picasso. In Autumn 2002 the business became known as Hanging Around Gallery. Its aim is to promote emerging image makers via the actual Gallery and the virtual Internet site hangingaroundgallery.com, and to sell affordable original art and limited edition giclee prints as well as providing a high quality and creative picture framing service to its clients. In autumn 2003 things took on an entirely new twist due to the convergence of new giclee fine art printing, image making technology and an unexpected re awakening of Tim’s creative photographic skills he began to produce his own artwork and offer it for sale at his gallery . His new work was an immediate hit with the public and this encouraged him to go on to do more and more. In 2004 Jan Poul joined the team at the gallery as manager and principal framer he is extremely skilled and knowledgeable about all aspects of bespoke framing and takes care of the day to day running of the gallery allowing Tim more time to create new images in his studio. In spring 2006 hanging around gallery incorporated the name Fusion Imaging Gallery and set up this e commerce web site and an an eBay shop in order to introduce the work to a worldwide audience. The gallery now exhibits mainly Tim’s images for sale however he still reserves some space for a small group of friends who are accomplished professional artists and have been associated with Hanging Around Gallery over the years and publishes and promotes their work. On 10 th December 2006 we are looking forward to the return of an old friend Anna Lorrimer who will be holding an exhibition of her original work for 1 week and Hanging Around will be stocking a range of her limited edition prints.