30x52 Vincent Pro Mono Lake Canvas 7/8 Inch Deep #VML-3052

True Dynamic Root-3 Proportion - 30x52 Size

This 30x52 is one of our Dynamic Root-3 Rectangle Root-3 Rectangle series.

Explore other sizes in this same 26:15 aspect ratio:

4x7 • 7x12 • 8x14 • 11x19 • 15x26 • 19x33 • 22x38 • 26x45

Explore Related Products to this 30x52 Size:

• Raw Unprimed Linen: Torrey Pines™ • Mandalay™
• Raw Unprimed Cotton: Raw No 12
• Acrylic / Oil Primed Linen: Santa Cruz™ • Pau™ • Ventura™
• Acrylic Primed Cotton: Monterey™ • Carmel™ • Tahoe™ • Sausalito™
• Monet™ Pro 1.5

Raw Mono Lake™ Belgian Linen 6.9 oz Unprimed

Fine, supple, delightful linen will produce a more medium-smooth surface. Take control of your art by preparing your own ground on Belgian Linen canvas. Use bare expanses of canvas as part of the painting or simply create the ground exactly ask you like.

• 100% Belgian Linen 6.5 oz. per square yard
• Medium Weight, Medium Weave, Medium Texture
• Raw fabric blocks 88% of the light, which indicates how tight is the weave
• Warp and Weft: 38x49 yarns per square inch
• Linen has natural oils that prevent disintegration over time.

Vincent™ Pro 7/8" Deep Bar • 5/16" Canvas Clearance

5/16" 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 7/8" deep stretched canvas
• 1.5" wide Stretcher Bar
• Frames with a dimension of 16" and up have a groove machined in the center inside perimeter to which cross braces attach
• 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.

30x52 Vincent Pro Extra Heavy Double Cross Braced Frame

• Drawing depicts the exact frame construction, not the proportion
• Precision machined keyable tongue-and-groove corners
• Two 1/2" thick keyable cross braces (3.25" wide) provide excellent frame support for this 30x52 size - Cross braces may be removed and reinserted at any time
• An exclusive slot is milled on the inside perimeter of all of the Stretcher Bars to which the Braces and the expansion wedges attach
• Patented keyable cross braces allow the frame to be tensioned in the middle of the canvas, where the tension needed the most
• Cross braces firmly attached with hardware at the intersection point for maximum support and rigidity
• To increase canvas tension: 1) remove any staples in the corners and those that retain the brace keys in the middle, 2) tap all of the expansion keys further into their respective slots, 3) tighten and re-staple the canvas in the corners

Canvas Tension is in Your Control

In dry climates or air conditioned environments, the lack of moisture in the air causes wood frames to shrink and the canvas fibers to narrow and elongate making the canvas more slack and resulting in a loss of canvas tension. In some instances, the canvas could have waves on the surface resulting in an unsightly viewing experience.

Our Vincent™ Pro professional frames provide the functionality for you to slightly expand the size of the frame in the corners and the middle of the canvas, thereby increasing canvas tension all across the surface. The difference between a loose canvas and a tight canvas is just 1/8", so a small adjustment using our corner and brace keys makes an important difference in canvas tension.

• Helps to prevent waves that occur in a loose canvas
• Increase canvas tension by tapping-in the corner and brace keys
• True professional class canvases make it possible for you to adjust the canvas tension

Cross Braces Make it Tighter

A tightly stretched canvas on an un-braced frame overpowers the Stretcher Bars causing them to bow inward and thereby lose tension. Sometimes that bow can expose a space in picture frames.

When a canvas is stretched on a properly supported frame, the cross-braces prevent the Bars from bowing thereby achieving maximum canvas tension. To increase the canvas tension even more, simply tap the corner and brace keys further in their slots. Properly supported frames provide you with the control over the canvas tension of your canvas and painting.

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.

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.

MuseumWrap™ Stretching Technique

With more than 60 years 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

Masterpiece® has been producing the finest artist canvas in North America since 1965. Artist Canvas is one of the very few products you can buy, and with your precious time, talent, and materials transform it into a work of art that could one day be worth a fortune. Don't skimp on your material choices, because your legacy and your own brand will be judged by how well your artwork stands the test of time.

The true mission of art is not to reproduce nature but to express it. ♦ Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt's distinguished career was characterized by her uncanny ability to infuse her artwork with emotion, going beyond mere replication. In her depictions of mothers with children or serene outdoor scenes, she wasn't merely showcasing the visuals but capturing the very essence, the soul of the scene. Nature, with its limitless scope and splendor, offers a vast canvas of inspiration, but it's the artist's role to delve into its depths and bring forth a personalized interpretation.

Artists distill the essence of what they observe, feel, and understand. It's a transformative process where the mundane can become profound, and the commonplace can be seen through a renewed lens of wonder and appreciation. By expressing nature, rather than merely copying it, we create a conduit for viewers to engage in a deeper dialogue with the world around them. Through our interpretations, we offer new perspectives, allowing others to witness the familiar in unfamiliar ways. In this delicate balance between observation and interpretation, art becomes a powerful testament to both nature's grandeur and the artist's vision.

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Creativity, the silent force beckoning you, finds its voice here. Harmonize your artistic process with these indelible words and meaning by Mary Cassatt, and with our unique portrayal of a self portrait to inspire an enhanced melody in your art. Go make your music on canvas!