42x66 Elite Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Stretcher Frame Kit

True 11:7 Lucky Numbers Proportion - 42x66 Size

The 11:7 aspect ratio creates a distinct horizontal emphasis while still maintaining enough height for vertical elements to play a role. The width invites a natural flow across the canvas, making it perfect for landscapes, narrative scenes, or compositions that stretch laterally but still need that vertical grounding.

The ratio’s off-balance, slightly stretched feel adds tension, making compositions feel dynamic without being overwhelming. The 11:7 proportion encourages exploration of movement and space, allowing subjects to breathe while still offering enough height to create depth and contrast. The fact that it combines lucky numbers, 7 and 11, adds an extra layer of appeal, bringing both an artistic and symbolic charm to the canvas. It’s a format that balances horizontal exploration with just enough verticality to keep the viewer engaged.

Explore other sizes in this same 11:7 aspect ratio:

14x22 • 21x33 • 28x44 • 35x55 • 49x77 • 56x88 • 63x99 • 70x110

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 42x66 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 Purify the Air

Our forests purify the air by filtering nearly 40% of the fossil fuel emissions humans create, and are critical to reducing global warming. More trees are needed on this planet, not fewer, for our own healthy human survival. Therefore, we use lumber grown in responsibly managed forests, so future generations can benefit from our responsible actions today.

Specially Dried and Heat Treated Lumber

Our wood is handpicked from a curated group of environmentally responsible lumber mills in the Pacific Northwest. By adhering to our precise drying and heat-treatment standards, these mills produce lumber with nearly half the moisture you'd find in common home improvement outlets or lumber yards. This meticulous process not only enhances the wood's strength—minimizing risks of cracks, splits, or bends—but also elevates its dimensional stability. Such quality, despite its premium, is paramount in creating professional canvases designed to uphold the sanctity of your cherished art throughout the years.

48x72 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 42x66 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.

From the heart of California, Masterpiece® has been weaving a legacy since 1965, curating the best Stretcher Bars North America has witnessed. Our unwavering dedication to quality and innovation has cast us in the limelight as the trendsetting stalwarts in the realm of fine-art canvases. The patents we hold are not just certificates but validations of our pursuit of perfection. Engage with our creations and feel the promise of unmatched quality, a promise that resonates with your clients and every future beholder of your masterpiece.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. ♦ Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin, renowned for his revolutionary sculptures, was not just an artist of stone and bronze, but also a philosopher of the human spirit. Rodin's works were born from a profound understanding of humanity's deepest emotions and experiences. Just as his sculptures are full of movement, life, and raw emotion, his philosophy urges us to embrace the ebb and flow of human existence. As artists, we often seek inspiration in the world around us, but it's the world within us that brings our creations to life.

It's a gentle reminder that while technique and skill are valuable, the heart and soul of artistry lie in the depth of emotion we invest. As artists, when we allow ourselves to truly feel—to love deeply, to hope fervently, to be moved by the world around us—we infuse our creations with a life force that resonates with others. In the canvas of life, it's these raw, unbridled emotions that paint the most vivid and enduring masterpieces. It's not just about creating; it's about living with fervor and passion in every brushstroke.

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Embrace the synergy of this profound quote with our interpretation of it's meaning with a nice little portrait that we created of Auguste Rodin. Time to create!