16x20 Masterpiece Select Heavy 14oz Cotton Canvas Canvas 1-1/2" Deep #SMS-1620-Deal

Explore Related Products to this 16x20 Size:

• Acrylic Primed Cotton: Monterey™ • Carmel™ • Tahoe™ • Sausalito™ • Sierra™ • Shasta™
• Acrylic Primed Linen: Muir™ • Vintage L22U™ • Santa Cruz™ • Saint-Cloud™ • Grenoble™ • Pau™
• Raw Unprimed Cotton: Raw No 12 • Raw No 10 • Raw No 8
• Alkyd / Oil Primed Linen: Malibu™ • Vintage L21C™ • Ventura™ • Versailles™ • Isola™ • Poitiers™
• Hardcore Canvas Panel: Sausalito™
• Vincent™ Pro 7/8 • Monet™ Pro 1.5 • 3D™ Pro 2.5 • 3D™ Pro 3.5

Heavy Weight 14oz Acrylic Primed Cotton

Heavy weight and body with a rugged and paint-gripping surface texture; great for heavy paint applications and impasto.

• 100% Cotton 11.5 oz.; Primed Weight 14 oz. per square yard
• Heavy Weight, Medium Weave, Robust Texture
• Sized and Double Primed with acid-free archival quality acrylic gesso
• Impenetrable ground prevents oil paint from leaching through and harming the canvas
• For acrylics, oils, alkyds, and water miscible oil paints

Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂) Primer Pigment

This primer contains premium-grade Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂) white pigment, renowned for its exceptional performance in acrylic priming. Its standout feature is its enduring whiteness, coupled with remarkable flexibility that persists over time. In contrast to other pigments such as zinc dioxide, Titanium Dioxide maintains its resilience, preventing brittleness as it ages. This quality ensures that artworks retain their integrity and will stand the test of time.

Monet™ Pro 1.5" Deep Bar • 1/2" Canvas Clearance

1/2" Canvas Clearance 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.

• Produces a 1.5" deep stretched canvas (Actual depth is slightly thinner)
• 1-5/8" wide Stretcher Bar
• Solid Ponderosa Pine or Fir from the Pacific Northwest

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.

• Drawing depicts the exact frame construction, not the proportion
• Strainer Bars are used when the short side is under 10 inches
• No Brace Required for this size

Forests need People, and People Need Forests

Using lumber from sustainably managed forests is a way to support the health and well-being of our planet and its inhabitants. By choosing products made with sustainably sourced lumber, we can help to protect the environment, support local communities, and ensure a sustainable future for generations to come.

MuseumWrap™ Stretching Technique

With more than a half a century of American engineering, Masterpiece® designs and builds its own proprietary stretching equipment that enables us to produce the finest and most tightly-stretched canvas on the market.

• Drum-tight stretch!
• Up to 50% tighter than other methods
• Balanced tension across the surface
• Uncut folded corners make it possible to remove and re-stretch canvas on the same size frame
• Usually the corner folds are on the long sides

One of the most celebrated features about Masterpiece® Select 1.5™ canvases is the patently robust framing system that makes it possible to increase the tension in the middle of the canvas, where the tension is needed the most. Our well-made keyable bracing system supports the canvas indefinitely. Braces prevent the stretcher bar frame from bowing-in so the canvas stays tighter long-term.

One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement. ♦ Edgar Degas

Distinguished by his dedication to capturing the essence of movement and form, Edgar Degas particularly in his ballet dancer portraits, was no stranger to repetition. To him, mastery was born out of revisiting, reanalyzing, and recreating. It's a sentiment that speaks to the tireless quest for perfection we undertake in our art careers. Each brush stroke, every chisel mark, carries purpose. There's an intention behind every decision.

It is through repetition that we refine our skills and achieve clarity in our vision. The act of revisiting subjects, for us, is not about redundancy but about deepening our understanding and connection. By revisiting, we discern nuances previously unnoticed, tapping into layers of meaning and emotion. Degas's perspective is a reminder that in the realm of art, effort and intention intertwine. Every piece we create becomes an emblem of our growth, commitment, and unyielding passion for our craft.

---

To enhance your creative exploration of our site, we offer the insightful wisdom of Edgar Degas, our interpretation, and little one-of-a-kind portrait that we created. Now go paint!