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apprenticed with artist Keith
Vandepol to learn picture
framing.
The Palitis were happy
living in Ames but wanted a
larger Jewish community to
raise their son. They chose
Metro Detroit to be near
Sharon’s family members.
After settling in Berkley,
Sharon began working as a
CPA and later acquired her
own business. Izzy initially
worked at a picture-framing
warehouse.
Realizing that he preferred
being his own boss, he started
framing pictures at home and
stayed afloat from customer
referrals. Izzy credits interior
designer-artist Linda Golden
with helping him get his busi-
ness going. After two years,
in 1992, Izzy found his ideal
space in Oak Park. “I liked the
neighborhood, and I didn’t
want to be in a mall location,”
he recalled.
“I’ve known Yisrael since
he opened up his shop,”
said Metro Frame customer
Vickie Howard of Huntington
Woods. “He’s an artistic wiz-
ard; he has a good eye.” The
daughter of an artist, Howard
said she’s very particular about
framing her artwork.
Choosing the right mat and
frame was a joint process, she
said, in which “we would pick
together four or five frames,
then sit and look at my art-
work. Figuring out the fram-
ing took as long as it needed
to be. He filled my needs for it
coming out perfectly.”
Paliti said his approach
was always to ask a custom-
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Yisrael Paliti points
out favorite paintings
at his home in Oak
Park.
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