66x120 Elite Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Stretcher Frame Kit

True 20:11 Near Domino Proportion - 66x120 Size

This 66x120 is a unique Masterpiece size and 20:11 Near Domino aspect ratio.

The 20:11 aspect ratio is a unique proportion that provides a significant horizontal stretch, allowing for a wide format without going quite as far as the Domino proportion. Emphasize width while still keeping enough height to maintain balance in your composition. This makes it ideal for landscapes, architectural scenes, or anything where horizontal movement is important.

Tell a story across a wide plane, drawing the viewer’s eye naturally from one side to the other. It’s not a commonly used ratio, which gives it a unique visual appeal and pushes you to think differently about how to arrange your elements in this broader space. It provides a wonderful extended feel without overwhelming the viewer, since the height ensures that vertical elements can still play a role in the composition. This balance makes it perfect for capturing a sense of expansiveness while still keeping everything grounded.

Explore other sizes in this same 20:11 aspect ratio:

22x40 • 33x60 • 44x80 • 55x100

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 66x120 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 Coexist with Mankind

We use lumber grown in the sustainable forests of the Pacific Northwest, where there’s more standing timber today than last century! There will always be a demand for wood pulp and fiber, but striking a harmonious balance with human coexistence is the essential strategy to which we subscribe. Sustainably managed forests increase our health and abundance of our forests which can be in harmony with this precious natural resource.

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.

72x126 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 66x120 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

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. ♦ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A celebrated thinker and essayist of the 19th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson was known for his keen observations on human nature and the world. His discerning eye could identify the subtle distinctions between mere appreciation and true creation. The love for beauty, as Emerson points out, is universal. It's an inherent part of our human experience, a shared sentiment that draws us to sunsets, melodies, and crafted masterpieces. This appreciation, however, is just the tip of the iceberg.

While recognizing beauty is an innate quality in many of us, the ability to bring it into existence is what sets artists apart. To create beauty, to sculpt it from raw materials, thoughts, or emotions, is a transformative act. It's an undertaking that demands vision, patience, and a deep connection with one's inner world. Artists, in their pursuit, go beyond mere observation; they contribute, shape, and redefine aesthetic realms. As we navigate our artistic paths, such insights from figures like Emerson serve as gentle reminders of the distinct roles we play, not just as admirers of beauty but as its very architects.

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We curated this insightful quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and our interpretation thereof; plus we made this portrait in the spirit of creativity. Time to create your own expression!