14x70 Elite Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Stretcher Frame Kit

True 5:1 Extreme Proportion - 14x70 Size

This dramatic 14x70 size is in the Extreme 5:1 Aspect Ratio.

Explore other sizes in this same 5:1 aspect ratio:

11x55 • 12x60 • 13x65 • 15x75 • 16x80 • 17x85 • 18x90 • 19x95 • 20x100 • 21x105 • 22x110 • 23x115 • 24x120

Elite™ Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Bar • 1/2" Canvas Clearance

A Canvas Clearance of 1/2" is the space between the Bar and the canvas. Generally speaking, more clearance reduces the risk of the canvas touching the wood and creating unsightly lines during painting. Our design provides the optimal clearance so as not to impact your painting, but still leaving enough wood to the maximize strength of the Stretcher Bar.

No Finger Joints!

Solid Wood is far superior to finger jointed wood, which is many small pieces glued together, each with varying grain densities that absorb and shed moisture at varying rates, expanding and contracting non-uniformly as environmental conditions change, and causing the wood to bow and the finger joints to eventually fail.

A single homogeneous kiln-dried solid wood Stretcher Bar outperforms and outlasts a finger jointed Bar whose sole purpose is to save the manufacturer cost, not contribute to the archival value of artwork intended to last a millennium. As a manufacturer, Masterpiece® does its part to conserve as much wood as possible, and still provide a quality product that will out-perform any other in the marketplace.

• Super strong Elite™ B2™ Stretcher Bar is 50% stronger than most others in its class
• For this 14x70 large size frame, the frame provides the ultimate foundation for your art with increased strength and stability
• Produces a 1.5" deep stretched canvas
• 2-1/4" wide Stretcher Bars
• All Bars have an exclusive groove on the inside perimeter of the frame to which cross braces and Diamond Corner Braces attach
• Solid Ponderosa Pine or Fir from the Pacific Northwest

Sustainable Forests - A Precious Natural Resource

The air that we breathe depends upon our healthy forests the world over. For this reason, we only use lumber from the sustainable forests of the Pacific Northwest, so we can guarantee that our nation's precious natural timber resources are available for future generations.

20x76 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 14x70 Frame

Please note that you will need a canvas that is at least 6 Inches larger than the actual frame size to ensure proper stretching. This will provide ample material to stretch the canvas and attach it to the back of the frame. If you prefer to attach the canvas from the edge of the stretcher frame, you can reduce the size of your canvas by approximately 3/4" all the way around the frame. This will allow you to paint on the edge of the canvas and hang your artwork without needing a separate picture frame. And, if you ever need to remove the canvas from the frame and re-attach it, you'll have enough material to do that too.

Masterpiece® is a family-owned business operating in California since 1965 and producing the finest Stretcher Bars in North America. We deliver the highest quality and highest performing products in the business. We are widely recognized as the nation's leader and trendsetter of professional quality fine-art canvas. We own several patents that make our products perform superior to any other on the market. Once you touch one of our products, you'll immediately recognize our impeccable quality—and more importantly, so will your clients and those who acquire your art

The painter tries to master color, but the layman doesn't understand. That's why we're not always able to communicate. For a time I called my pictures 'Arrangements,' but that was too artificial. The trouble is that the term 'composition' is used so often. To compose. It makes you think of someone sitting down and planning something. No, the painter composes with lines and colors, he mixes them up in a certain order, and if you're alive at all, you are forced to feel something. ♦ Edvard Munch

Renowned for his evocative and emotionally charged artworks, Edvard Munch delves deep into the artist's struggle with both their internal world and the external perceptions of it. Munch's career, distinguished by his raw, emotional expression, often found him grappling with the confines of language and terminology. He recognized that artistic language, especially when dissected and analyzed, can sometimes dilute the essence of what artists aim to convey.

For many in the artistic realm, communication becomes an intricate dance. While the intention is always to evoke emotion and provoke thought, the methodology and terminology can sometimes alienate those unfamiliar with the lexicon of art. However, as artists, we understand that our truest expressions may not always fit neatly into predefined boxes. It's in this ambiguity and fluidity where magic often lies. Munch reminds us that, in the end, it's about the raw emotion—the visceral response that art evokes. If it forces the viewer to feel, to react, to question, then our role, as artists, has been profoundly realized.

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Creativity is the reason you have landed on this page. Enjoy our own portrait rendition of Edvard Munch and the spoken words and meaning we provide. Now..go paint!