40x48 Elite Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Stretcher Frame Kit

True 6:5 Almost Square Proportion - 40x48 Size

While this is an usual size, artists tend to use it fairly often.

Explore other sizes in this same 6:5 aspect ratio:

100x120 • 15x18 • 20x24 • 25x30 • 30x36 • 35x42 • 45x54 • 50x60 • 55x66 • 60x72 • 70x84 • 75x90 • 80x96 • 85x102 • 90x108 • 95x114

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 40x48 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

Sustainably Managed Forests Inhale and Exhale

The world's forests are essential to human survival. Forests inhale carbon dioxide for the earth, and exhale oxygen essential for life. When we speak of the sustainable forest strategy of ensuring that more timber will exist in the same forest land than exists today, this is the only viable plan for the future of humanity. For this reason, we use only lumber from the sustainable forests of Oregon, Washington, and California, where there’s more standing timber today than last century!

Specially Dried and Heat Treated Lumber

We source our wood from a select group of top-tier environmentally conscious lumber mills in the Pacific Northwest. These mills specially dry and heat-treat the lumber to our specifications, resulting in about half the moisture content compared to wood from typical home improvement centers or lumber yards. This process makes the wood stronger, reducing the likelihood of cracking, splitting, or warping. While the wood we use comes at a higher cost, it ensures a more dimensionally stable end product. This stability is crucial for crafting fine professional canvases that support your invaluable art over time.

46x54 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 40x48 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.

Rooted in California and flourishing since 1965, Masterpiece® takes pride in its family-led legacy of crafting North America's premier Stretcher Bars. Our quest for excellence isn't just a goal but a commitment, positioning us as the trailblazers in the domain of fine-art canvas. Our innovative patents have set new benchmarks, ensuring our offerings stand unmatched. Dive into the tactile experience of our products, and you'll instantly recognize the distinct Masterpiece® quality, a signature appreciated by both your clientele and future art connoisseurs.

Today I want to start working again in earnest – I'm looking forward to it because doing nothing does become rather boring after a while. ♦ Gustav Klimt

The mastermind behind the spellbinding work The Kiss, Gustav Klimt was no stranger to the ebb and flow of creative energy. The intricacies and golden details of his work might give the illusion of an ever-present muse, but Klimt, like many of us, faced moments of stagnation. Yet, it was this very stillness that often catalyzed his fervent desire to plunge back into his art.

For many artists, periods of rest and introspection are as essential as the times of creation. They offer us moments of reflection, growth, and even healing. Yet, within this stillness, a familiar itch often begins to emerge – the undeniable pull of the canvas, beckoning us to translate our renewed visions and insights. This cycle, this rhythm between pause and passion, is a testament to the ever-burning fire of creativity that smolders within us, waiting for the next gust of wind to ignite it into a blazing inferno once more.

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Creativity is a dance between inspiration and innovation. Our own self portrait creation of Gustav Klimt twirls alongside these profound words, hoping to set the stage for your next artistic performance. Now go do your dance on the canvas!